I

When one does not comprehend fate,

when one does not understand, does not understand God’s sovereignty,

when one gropes their way forward willfully,

staggering and tottering through the fog,

the journey is too difficult, too heartbreaking, heartbreaking.

So when people recognize God’s sovereignty over human fate,

the clever ones choose to know it, to know it and accept it,

to bid farewell to the painful days

when they tried to build a good life with their own two hands,

and to stop struggling against fate

and pursuing their so-called “life goals” in their own way.

II

When one does not have God, when one cannot see Him,

when one cannot clearly recognize God’s sovereignty,

every day is meaningless, worthless, miserable,

every day is meaningless, worthless, miserable.

Wherever one is, whatever one’s job is,

one’s means of living and the pursuit of one’s goals

bring one nothing but endless heartbreak and suffering without relief,

such that one cannot bear to look back on one’s past.

Only when one accepts the Creator’s sovereignty,

submits to His orchestrations and arrangements,

and seeks true human life

will one gradually begin to break free from all heartbreak and suffering,

and to be rid of all the emptiness of life.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique III