A Handful Of Nothing Jealousy is the universal motive of the human heart in all work and skill development unless the life of Jesus is being lived through us on a daily basis. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. Jealousy is totally ruthless and uncaring. It is a common motive for murder and cruelty and lays at the root of the actions of a mass murderer like Hitler.
Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood.
Jealousy is hidden at the root of other motives, influencing our thoughts and actions. As new Christians we quickly deal with areas of obvious sin, but jealousy can lurk in the heart of even a spiritual leader as the deepest motive for apparently noble conduct. The First Murder Let's look at the painful story of the first two little boys who grew up, Cain and Abel. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. And Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions.