The thorn and the thistle--the difficulties and trials that make his life one of toil and care--were appointed for man's good as a part of the training needful in God's plan for our uplifting from the ruin and degradation that sin has wrought.
Mchongoma na miiba--mahangaiko na majaribu ambavyo hufanya maisha yake [mwanadamu] kuwa ya kuhangaika na kujishughulisha--vilipangwa kwa ajili ya kumsaidia kama sehemu ya mafunzo yanayohitajika katika mpango wa Mungu ili kumwinua kutoka katika uharibifu na kushushwa hadhi ambavyo vimeletwa na dhambi. Ulimwengu, pamoja na kuwa umeanguka, siyo wa huzuni na taabu.