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Today’s daily dose is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Eliezer ben Sima who is in critical condition. May he merit a complete healing amongst all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov b’rachamim, Amen.
The underlying point of emuna is not that I believe that Hashem will answer my requests, but that I will accept whatever Hashem has in store for me. No matter what, it is all good. The notion for us to grasp is that we must cast away our thoughts and feel in our hearts that Hashem takes care of us without a doubt.
We should heed the message of Dovid HaMelech when he writes in Tehillim: “Nafshi k’gamul alei Imo k’gamul alei nafshi”. The Vilna HaGaon ztk’l explains that just as a baby after nursing from his mother doesn’t concern himself with whether there will be milk for him the next time he is hungry, so should we not worry what lies in the future.
If one finds it hard to let go of his worries, he should imagine to himself how carefree he would feel if he knew for sure that someone would help him. What if this ‘someone’ had connections in high places such as a minister or another influential figure? This would surely calm his thoughts. In the same vein, he should feel for certain that Hashem will take care of him.
We cannot grasp Hashem’s will and never will. We are instructed to trust in the Borei Olam. That alone should envelop us with tranquility since we are in good hands. This requires constant reminding and reassuring of oneself, but it can be achieved. Our task in this long and dark exile is to strengthen our emuna and remember these words of truth.
It should not make any difference whether we can physically see a light at the end of tunnel or fathom how the salvation will come. Hashem is the Doer of it all and even if His ways are hidden, all is good and just.
