Turning to God

A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly - First published
1941. This edition 1979 Reprint 1989 Quaker Home Service ISBN 0 85245 1431.

"How, then, shall we lay hold of that Life and Power, and live the
life of prayer without ceasing? By quiet, persistent practice in turning of
all our being, day and night, in prayer and inward worship and surrender,
toward Him who calls in the deeps of our souls. Mental habits of inward
orientation must be established. An inner, secret turning to God can be
made fairly steady, after weeks and months and years of practice and lapses
and failures and returns. It is as simple an art as Brother Lawrence found
it, but it may be long before we achieve any steadiness in the process.
Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your
whole selves, utterly and in joyful abandon, in quiet, glad surrender to Him
who is within." P. 35