030 When They Are Twisted

When They Are Twisted Out Of My Hand, by James Michael Mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward, Job 5, verse 7. Oh, what losses and crosses, sorrows and distresses, uncertainties and anxieties do mankind labor under? Godly wisdom will lead me to expect nothing but vanity and vexation here below. But oh, how happy is the soul that has all his treasure in heaven, all his happiness in God! May this be my case, and then shall I triumph in the midst of losses, distresses, disappointments and pain. I take a loose hold of all earthly things, that when they are twisted out of my hand, they may not torment my heart. Eternal felicity secured is a noble panacea and a sufficient antidote against the heaviest misfortunes and disappointments of this deceitful world. I rest and am composed and calmly wait on God, resigned to His perfect determination in everything concerning me in time, until I arrive at that better country, at that perfect state where there is neither disappointment nor pain.