That we might accustom ourselves
to a continual conversation with Him,
with freedom and simplicity.
That we need only to recognize
God intimately present with us,
to address ourselves to Him every moment,
that we may beg His assistance
for knowing His will in things doubtful,
and for rightly performing
those which we plainly see He requires of us,
offering them to Him before we do them,
and giving Him thanks when we have done.
Brother Lawrence
seeking that quiet place with Sandy
