The Devil finds work for idle hands?
I very much doubt it.
I'm no student of the Bible, I'm not even a casual consumer of medieval demonology nor a member of the Satanic book-of-the-month club, but it does seem fairly obvious to me that any Devil worth his pitchfork and cloven hooves would never entrust his important diabolical work to just any old lazybones.
Those hands are idle, after all. A leopard does not change his spots, especially a lethargic leopard. Even if the Devil does find work for the idle hands, it's highly unlikely the work is actually going to get done.
Why do the Devil's work today when you can put it off until tomorrow, I can hear an owner of idle hands saying. And I should know: it takes one to know one, as they say.
So if the Devil is handing out tasks willy-nilly, I'd bet my immortal soul he's giving them to impatient hands instead.
Impatient handed people aren't going to merely lounge around daydreaming about accomplishments, or sit cross-legged on the floor meditating on the pros and cons of taking action. No, they simply rush headlong into whatever work there is without thinking of the consequences. Such bundles of misdirected energy are exactly the sort of mindless Type-A personalities the Devil is looking for when he wants his evildoing done.
The Devil will find work for idle hands?
No chance. He doesn't even call them back for a second interview.
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