Written by: Y.Roitenbarg
Rivka and Sara embraced each other enthusiastically when they met unexpectedly in Mexico. Both were far from their homes and families.
Rivka was in Mexico on a business trip,and Sara had come to visit her grandmother,who was ill.On lookers who witnessed their joyful meeting assumed they were long lost-friends who had just reunited after many years.
They did not know that Rivka and Sara both live in the same town back in United States, and see each other around town often. However, back home, they hardly have time to greet each other or have lengthy conversations. Since they are busy with their own lives and different circle of friends.
They are not enemies, and they are not best friends; they are simply two people living busy lives, by chance-in the same town.
Insterestingly, when Rivka and Sara found themselves far from home, both strangers on foreign ground, they greeted each other warmly. Here, they openly displayed their affection for each other.I n Mexico,where they both felt so alone, they recognized each other and felt so good that at least one familiar face around. They felt so much closer to each other because noone else knew them!! (It feels sooo good to go somewhere and actually know someone when you dont know anyone in the crowd!!)
The above analogy illustrates an often forgotten principal. We have an open invitation to bring Hashem into our lives, but when we are on "home ground",settled and comfortable in our daily routine, we hardly ever take the time to truly 'greet' Hashem and get to know him.
Hashem knows how to attract our attention. He knows if he singles us out and puts us to the test and bring us to 'foreign ground',we will feel alone and isolated. He knows too,that we will then turn to him,and embrace him like a long lost friend.
we will turn to him with all our emotions, and say pls Hashem only you can help me!!!
The next time you feel alone, lost, and forlorn; remember you are alone with Hashem. Open your heart and embrace Hashem, and He will be there for you.
Sometimes Hashem really wants to hear from us and really wants to get close to us bec. it will make us the happiest. So Hashem moves us to a place where we feel like Help!! I'm so Alone I dont know what to do!! And then we just cry out to him with all our hearts and then we are zoche to see him right there waiting for us with open arms!!! he just needed you to notice him! when everything is fine why will you call out to hashem only when things get crazy we wake up!!
if you have an alarm clock only if it rings will you wake up otherwise you'll just hang out in bed as long as you can!! As soon as someone comes with a cup of water (just kidding) you jump out of bed!! so too, Hashem does not want us sleeping out potential away so he makes us go through something where only he can help you and if you fill up your cup of zechusim with mitzvos you will be zoche to never feel alone!!!!!! cuz he will be there for you every step of the way!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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that's soooo true!! Ain Od Milvado- there;s no one you can entrust yourself with like with Hashem. The real relationship forms when you are all alone and you do turn to Hashem and listen to what He's communicating to you, without the distractions of other, contradictory voices.
ReplyDeleteJust what I needed! Thanks!!!
Wow, Chaya Sara, I love this mashal! It's so true in the mashal part and in the nimshal part too!
ReplyDeleteIt's such a comforting feeling to know that the reason why Hashem makes us feel alone is so we can turn to Him!! It's only because He wants a relationship with us and wants us to remember Him that He makes things hard!!! It makes us feel so loved, that even if things don't go the way we want them to, we should keep in mind that it's because our loving father wants us to connect to Him!!
Thanks!!
Thanks so much for clarifying the point by bringing such a good mashal! It's so interesting how this works... but it's so true and we all find it happening to ourselves at some point!
ReplyDeletethis was so special, thanks!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCLARITY feels GREAT!
So, so true!
ReplyDeletehi chaya sarah its malkt e i just love ur blog long time no speak......................
ReplyDeleteChaya Sara this is so true! thank you so much 4 putting on this blog-its very inspiring! i just love the way you put that all together; and that nimshal 2! i just have a question on this: is it Hashem that wants us to connect to him or are we here in this world to fulfill our goal by connecting to Hashem? i mean arent we4ex. davening 4 our selves-so that we can connect to Hashem? Hashem doesnt nead our tefilote he just likes listening to them-nachon?-am i right? like isnt that what you were trying to show us on the clip right after this article?
ReplyDeletealso if things dont turn out the way we want it to then of course Hashem wants us to turn to him but if we do still turn to him and there are more things in life that arent going the way they are suppost to then what does that mean? Does that mean that we arent turning to him enough?
thanks i really needed to hear this... :)
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