Right gladly would He free them from their misery, but He knows only o…

George MacDonald
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Right gladly would He free them from their misery, but He knows only one way: He will teach them to be like himself, meek and lowly, bearing with gladness the yoke of His Father's will. This in the one, the only right, the only possible way of freeing them from their sin, the cause of their unrest. ✨ George MacDonald (1989). Discovering the character of God, Bethany House Pub
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