In Praise of Solitude Have you a place of solitude Where a quiet time is found, A place where you can start the day While peace and love surrounds ... Where you praise God for His blessings And thank Him for His Son? You will want to thank Him, too, For a day that’s well begun. Can you find a moment just to pause When the day is at its height, Tell the Lord you appreciate All the things that came out right? For, praises in the morning And a little talk with Him Bring to you a noontime That is blest, time and again! Can you stop to watch the sunset And to let a star appear; To contemplate they’ve done their jobs For many, many years ... To remember that God knows Each name, every star and planet? He spoke their orbit in the sky When there was nothing in it! "Oh, come," He calls so gently, In the morning light. Again, you’ll hear Him say your name, At noontime and at night. He longs so for our company And puts on it no limits. Far more than King or Prince, He waits....for you to find a minute! © 2003 used with permission Joan Clifton Costner