[1stMarylandRegiment]

Turning one's Life and one's will over to the care of God means very simply accepting the unique set of skills, talents and circumstances God has given you and applying them to His mission for you and the world.

That means accepting and believing that, whether God actually arranges the world (it IS a mystery) or intentioanlly created free will in order to force us to CHOOSE Him, we only control our actions, NOT the outcomes.

Outcomes belong to God. Whatever they are, if our actions are Holy the outcomes are Holy.

GWB has accepted his current circumstances as a gift from God and, knowing his actions to be founded on prayer and meditation, believes the outcomes will be Holy, whatever they are.

[floriduh voter]

Exactly. When people wonder what the meaning of life is, it is not that simple. We are individuals and our purpose and the meaning of our lives can be completely different. God bestows different gifts and purposes on us.

I feel that my purpose is to help my mother. It doesn't sound like much, but to me it is as important as Dubya leading our country because it is "my" purpose at this moment in time.

I have no idea what I wrote at this time because I posted earlier this morning, but it sounds like you were adding to my sentiments. The bottom line is that you gotta believe and have faith, no matter what happens here on earth.