BS’D
We should strive to live a life which depicts a surrendering of our will to that of Hashem’s will. ‘Whatever is straight and good in Your eyes Hashem is the way I wish for You to direct me.” If we reach out to Hashem with such simple words, B’H we will be zoche to live out the passuk in tehillim, “Rotzei Hashem et yeraiav, et hameyachalim l’chasdo / Hashem desires those who fear Him, those who long for His kindness.” (Tehillim 147:10).
Hashem’s intimate closeness and supervision in our lives will never cease if we only desire to attach ourselves to Him. There is no room for despair. We must keep hoping with more resolve each time and in time B’H we will see yeshuot in our lives.
I heard a beautiful shiur last week by a Rav in Teaneck, NJ, Rabbi Simon shlit’a, who made a very moving point. The words ‘I can’t’ really mean ‘I don’t want to’. Ein davar haomed lifnei haratzon (nothing can stand in front of a person’s will) or in simple English: when there is a will, there is a way.
We hold within us an inner point of truth that is a direct pipeline to infinity otherwise known as our G-dly spark. Storehouses of potential greatness sit dormant within each of us. However, if we do not wish to enter the storeroom, we cannot benefit from what it has to offer. If we do not actively pursue finding Hashem in our lives, we will not sense His being.
There is no ‘stopping’ Hashem from pouring boundless goodness into our lives. However, He wants us to recognize where it is coming from and not delude ourselves into believing that it is a result of cause and effect or natural happenings.
Committing ourselves to doing teshuva every single day will unclog the channel for blessings to pour forth. Hoping for an ease-up in our hardships cannot come about if we are steering on the wrong path. All blessings travel through a spiritual passageway. If we aren’t on this route, we cannot catch them.
We must take the first step toward forming a strong bond with Hashem. This drive comes from a heart of passion to feel His existence and invite Him into our lives. As we become enveloped in His embrace we will find it easier to ‘let go’ and cast our burdens onto Him.
Today’s daily dose is dedicated to the blessing of zera bar kayama, having children to Sara Rivka bat Gittel Yuta. May she together with all of the righteous Jewish women merit to give birth to healthy children and continue to build their bayit ne’eman b’Yisrael, b’mazal tov ub’karov, Amen!
