God Is the initiator
“In this humanistic age we suppose man is the initiator and God is the responder. But the living Christ within us is the initiator and we are the responders. God the Lover, the accuser, the revealer of light and darkness presses within us. ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock.’ And all our apparent initiative is already a response, a testimonial to His secret presence and working within us. The basic response of the soul to the Light is internal adoration and joy, thanksgiving and worship, self-surrender and listening.”
— Thomas R. Kelly, 1941
Quaker educator and mystic
Today’s Invitation
Respond to the Light with internal adoration and joy, thanksgiving and worship, self-surrender and listening.
This Week’s Query
What heals you?
What relationship do you try to cultivate with your own light and darkness?
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