I was chosen to speak at a Bible camp one day. I think I was about ten years old. I had never done such a thing before. I read a poem before that day that went something like this: “I believe Jesus will help me, so I will do”.And I went ahead with the speech. Kids, and even teachers told me I had done really good! They didn’t know I had a helper.

Since that time I have found this poem in many books, I don’t know who wrote it , but in all the books I have read this poem, it says,” Anonymous” at the bottom. And each time I have wished I knew that person. Anyhow, I give it now to you. I hope it means as much to you as it means to me.

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, but he with a chuckle replied, that maybe it couldn’t but he would be one, who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.

So he buckled right in with the face of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing, that couldn’t be done. And he did it.

Somebody scoffed: “Oh you’ll never do that, At least no one ever has done it.” But he took off his coat and took off his hat, and the first thing he knew, he’d begun it.

With the lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, if any doubt rose he forbid it, He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn’t be done , and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done , there are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you one by one, the dangers that wait to assail you.

But buckle right in, with a bit of a grin, and you’ll do it!

Galatians 6: 9 says: Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”

I think all of us have faced some problem and said to yourself, “I can’t do that!” Maybe it’s time for you to buckle right down and do it. But first, ask your friend, Jesus, to help you. He will, you know.

Fanny Crosby has always been my favorite writer of Hymns. She wrote all 8000 hymns in the 1800’s and we sing them still today.She often said she never wrote a hymn without kneeling in prayer. We have all been under pressure to finish our project by a certain day or hour. This happened to Fanny Crosby as well.

One day she was asked to write lyrics for W.H. Doane, who was a composer in the 1800’s. He needed these right away. She sat down to write and found it impossible.Finally she remembered she hadn’t prayed before she started writing. She got down on her knees and prayed even though she knew Mr. Doane needed the lyrics right away. the words came as she was praying: “Jesus, keep me near the cross”. We still sing that hymn.

We must always be expectant when we pray. Fanny Crosby found that out when one day she needed five dollars badly. She hunted around her house a long time. Then she thought, “Why don’t I pray the same way I pray for lyrics?” She got down on her knees telling Jesus how little she was and how much she needed him. Later, a man came to her door. He handed her a five dollar bill telling her he was reminded this morning that he borrowed the money at a concert they were both attending. She told him her story and both of them agreed that their prayer life would change.

I cannot get down on my knees, but I can know who Jesus is, that I am just a little 95 year old girl wanting to talk with him. He already knows what I need. but I’ll tell him just the same. The important thing is that I realize how truly great God is and how little I am. But he wants me to talk with him. He wants you too, and it helps if you get down on your knees. That just reminds you how great he is and how little you are. We have so much to bring to him, Our America seems to be falling apart. Jesus knows that, but he wants us to place our needs on his shoulders. So, let us pray for everything we need and let us pray humbly. Two friends need to get together often. Don’t you think?