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but when i try to exert coomplete control over my condition, i find nothing but frustration and vexation and anxiety- becuz i cant control winds and tides and drunk drivers and cops and whatever... i quit smoking but i could still get cancer. in fact, no matter what i do, this body will eventually decay and die.
i can work hard to accumulate material wealth, but then i have to constantly guard against losing it, and even then, accident and tragedy can strike anybody at any time anyway.
so in this context, living in my own hands means being constantly on the brink of destruction
living in God's hands means remaining uswayed by any circumstances that arise in this world.
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