More on Control

Rabbi Ben A. commenting on What Don't You Like About Reality:

If I weren't an alcoholic, I might be happy with a CARING G-d. But caring doesn't cut it for me. Who cares if you're being cared for by Someone who is wimpy and incompetent? At least for me, it doesn't do much for my serenity. "G-d loves you" won't keep me from crumbling before the pressures of reality, but "G-d's in control" will.

When I speak about control, I am not talking about G-d controlling YOU. Your free choice is the only thing to credit or to blame for your actions.

I am talking about G-d's control of the WORLD.

We do not live in a chaotic universe. G-d is re-creating the world something from absolute nothing every single second. He is putting everything just where He wants it. Nothing escapes His attention, no detail is neglected.

That kind of CONTROL is what the Baal Shem Tov taught the world when he explained how G-d's providence extends even to a little leaf falling from a tree. When I start to forget that it's all from G-d, I get resentful and scared. When I remember that it's all going according to plan, I feel serenity.

Bottom line: the situation may not be pretty, but it's all perfectly UNDER CONTROL!