Written by Thomas Kelly (1893-1941), an American Quaker educator and writer. This is an excerpt from his book “The Sanctuary of the Soul.”
It is an amazing discovery, at first, to find that a creative power and life is at work in the world. God is no longer the object of a belief; He is a reality, who has continued, within us, His real presence in the world. God is aggressive. He is an intruder, a lofty lowly conqueror on whom we had counted too little, because we had counted on ourselves. Too long have we supposed that we must carry the banner of religion, that it was our concern. But religion is not our concern; it is God’s concern. Our task is to call people to “be still, and know that I am God,” to hearken to that of God within them, to invite, to unclasp the clenched fists of self-resolution, to be pliant in His firm guidance, sensitive to the inflections of the inner voice.
Prayer:
Written by Tiffany Thibault, a contemporary speaker and writer.
Oh Lord, please help me this day. Give me eyes to see how you are at work in every one of my circumstances. Lord, give me perseverance to increase my understanding of you. Give me a hunger to read your Word and to seek to know you more each day. Just as the dawn comes with its exact precision, help me to trust that You will also move in my life, in your perfect timing and in your beautiful way. In Your Name I pray, Amen.
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