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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Binyomin Simcha ben Adina Minya who just underwent brain surgery to have a tumor removed. May Hashem send him a complete healing refuat hanefesh v’refuat haguf among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
The coming parsha Bechukotai can be difficult to read; lined with blessings and curses. Hashem has a plan and the Jewish people are destined to live according to His will and live up to His master plan. We can rebel against it and live life feeling cheated; that is our choice. Or we can elect to live with the truthful understanding that Hashem is compassionate in all His ways and wants only good for us.
In every experience there is a message carefully packaged and addressed for us. However we need to unwrap the package with the proper approach – without anger or distrust but with a sound belief that it holds something dear and valuable for us. The difficulties surface particularly when we fail to discover the tremendous good that’s hidden within.
For example we may find ourselves thinking or saying, “My children are so selfish” or “My husband does not show love towards me”. What unseen gem could possibly be hiding in these feelings? There is a part of me that I would rather forget about namely the character trait of selfishness seen in my children and coldness displayed by my husband.
Seeing life from this mirrored perspective turns every circumstance into a training program to be a better me. In effect this is a blessing in disguise designed to help me achieve wholesome spiritual and emotional health.
