Weakness And Aid

Ἔλεγον περι τοῦ ἀββᾶ Μακαρίου τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου, ὅτι ἀναβαίνων ἀπὸ Σκήτεως, καὶ βαστάζων σπυρίδας, κοπιάσας ἐκαθέσθη· καὶ ηὔξατο λέγων, Ὁ Θεος, συ οἶδας ὅτι οὐκ ἰσχύω. Καὶ εὐθέως εὑρέθη ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμόν. Ἀποφθέγματα Των Ἁγίων Γερόντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65.269a

They say concerning Father Macarius the Egyptian, that once going up from Scetis bearing a heavy load of baskets, he sat down exhausted and began to say to himself, 'O God, you know that I am not strong enough.' And immediately he found himself at the river. Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia