It is God's will that we have three things in our seeking: - The first is that we seek earnestly and diligently, without sloth, and, as it may be through His grace, without unreasonable heaviness and vain sorrow. (Julian of Norwich)

It is God's will that we have three things in our seeking: - The first is that we seek earnestly and diligently, without sloth, and, as it may be through His grace, without unreasonable heaviness and vain sorrow.

Julian of Norwich

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