If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, …

George MacDonald
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If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, but to answer them as we want them answered, he would not be God our Saviour but the ministering genius of our destruction. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.7819, Delphi Classics
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