If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God. (Isaac the Syrian)

If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God.

Isaac the Syrian

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