Lutheran Church of Mahomet, The Invitation 2019 Prayer Invitation (1) | Page 7

his small store. He also wrote
poetry. One day, when a local
minister stopped at the store,
William Walford, the blind shop
owner, mentioned that he had
composed a poem in his head.
He asked the minister to write it
down for him. Three years later,
that minister visited the United
States and gave the poem to a
newspaper editor.
Unfortunately, no one knows
what happened to William Wal-
ford Coleshill. Researcher have
found a William Walford, a min-
ister of Homerton, England, who
wrote a book on prayer that ex-
presses many of the same
thoughts that are given in the
poem. That may be the true au-
thor.
But the identity of the
hymnwriter is not as important
as knowing a God who hears and
answers prayer. In our hymns,
prayer is frequently rhymed with
care. That is appropriate, for
whenever we are aware of care,
we should be equally aware of
prayer. God cares about us, and
that motivates us to prayer.
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