The prayer beneath

     Begin where you are.  Obey now:  Use what little obedience you are 

capable of, even if it be like a grain of mustard seed.  Begin where you 

are.  Live this present moment, this present hour as you now sit in your 

seats, in utter submission and openness toward Him.  Listen outwardly 

to these words, but within, behind the scenes, in the deeper levels of 

our lives where you are all alone with God the Living Eternal One, keep 

up a silent prayer, "Open Thou my life, Guide my thoughts where I dare 

not let them go.  Be Thou darest, Thy will be done."  Walk on the streets 

and chat with your friends.  But every moment behind the scenes be in 

prayer, offering yourselves in continuous obedience.  I find this internal 

continuous prayer life absolutely essential.  It can be carried on day and 

night, in the thick of business, in home and school.  Such a prayer of 

submission can be so simple.  It is well to use a single sentence, 

repeated over and over and over again, such as this:  "Be Thou my will.  

Be Thou my will."

                                                 Thomas R. Kelly, A Testament of Devotion

Who is Thomas R. Kelly? Kelly lived 1893 to January 17, 1941.

He was an American Quaker. He taught and wrote on the subject

of mysticism.

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