We had just all lit the candles of Chanukah, and my father was getting out his guitar, and harmardika, as I was looking at the glowing candles in deep thought... I was thinking about Camp Sternberg, Where I had, had the best J.C ever! My J.C always read to us Hashkacha Pratis stories that had happened to her over the years, which she recorded in a mini notebook. She had always said “Look around; open your eyes and see at least one thing everyday that Hashem does for us; it’s unbelievable!”
Since then, I have and as I was watching those beautiful glowing candles I was thinking, of something that was hashkacha pratis that happened that day. After a few minutes of deep thought, I just took a deep breath and thought, “well I cant think of anything maybe it isn’t everyday that Hashem does something for us...maybe she’s just too much with the whole idea that Hashem does something for us…to get us to start following her in thinking about what Hashem does for us everyday…
I shook my head out of my silly thoughts and whipped my long, beautiful, silky braid around to face all the simcha and music that was playing in our house-and suddenly I saw something flash at the corner of my eye. I look down at my hair and see- that my hair was on fire! I screamed, and screamed like I have never done before-trying to bend down so that my hair wouldn’t make my shirt catch on fire as well. All hope left me. My hair that was up to my hip, had fire that was going so fast that it was already almost touching my scalp! I shrieked so load that people outside was watching me from the window-I was now going to die! My time was now up on this world! What should I say shima? With whatever voice I still had in me from all that screaming I said, “Shima Yisroel Hashem Elokainu Hashem Echud!” Thinking-Hashem thank you for giving me life until now. If this is all that I was born onto this world for then I guess my time is now up; what could I do? But please Hashem when you are now about to take me up to shamyim-please for give me for all that I had done, weather it was embarrassing others, or making fun of people, or speaking L”H, or even not behaving properly-please Hashem forgive me-I beg you! And when you take me, let me be a kapparah for others that are suppose to die, but never have fulfilled there goal in life! Please Hashem I beg you!
Just then I heard a splash! I felt something wet and saw that my hair was now totally burned-out, and the fire went out too...and you know what-I was alive! Nothing like Hatzala had to be called! I was alive, breathing, and totally fine! B”H, Hashem gave me a father that was able to recover from shock right away and have a cup of some water on me-another second and I would have to end up in the hospital-just one more.
Everything, and every second that we are alive, we should thank Hashem for. Hashem gives us so much, and we just take it for granted because it’s ok, and it’s not such a big deal. NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! We should appreciate all the things Hashem gave us, every second of it! Hashem is giving so much that if one second Hashem doesn’t say our name; we wouldn’t exist, but Hashem loves us so much that every second of the twenty-four hours, Hashem repeats our name over, i love you im here for you !!! Hashem just keeps on giving us more and more chances in this world. After this story I opened up my eyes to see the gift of life that Hashem gives me every minute!! if we know that life is a gift, a free gift so everything I get I only get bec. hashem loves me and he gives me a gift evry day!!
liat knof thank you soo much for sending this incredible story to me!!
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ReplyDeleteliat calm down its an amazing story. ur so cool!!!!! thinking of hashgacha....ya chayas sara and devora r amazing but that doesnt mean ur not the best liat and have your own way of speading inspiration 2 the world!!
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ReplyDeletewow its so nice to have finaly 'met' you on the hotline and now know who you realy are-but i only freaked out when i heard it and actualy saw this right away now im still a bit surprised but not so much really anymore...
talking about amazing, you are so amazing for being up so late last time on the hotline, and u r amazing, for saying that! my teacher last year once had everyone draw a pic. and within 20 sec. we passed it all up...she mixed it all up and gave it out again. she timed 10sec. for everyone to write what she thinks about the pic. after a while she took all the papers and read our comments-she didnt say who wrote what-cz n/o knew but she said what comes out of our mouth;what we say about s/o ells is what we are-reflects the kind of person we are....
liat im so confused wat r u talking about on the hotline?
ReplyDeleteWoah this is really incredible!! Liat thanks for sharing your amazing story and how you thought totally about Hashem and teshuva when you assumed it was all over! That's so scary!
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ReplyDeletethank you so much! i was actualy surprised with myself for thinking this stuff right away, and not just-omg there is a fire! i guess when Hashem gives us another"chance" like that or like when people are in the hospital...ect... Hashem gives them the amount of "time" they nead todo teshuvah....!its actualy AMAZING to think of that; and everytime i remember that story i feeol like Hashem is with me more and more throughout my life, and that everything that happens to me is actualy for a reason...for example if i burned myself(even though that happens 89% of the time im in the kitchen-i guess i my fingers just have some apptitude for it!LOL!its not a bad talent-i can tell you!LOl!)i would now ask my self why did i just get a burn-for what reason did Hashem give that to me? After this fire-i kind of changed my way of looking at things.....
Liat-that's so true! It's such a scary thought that your hair was burning and that b"h you were saved and given a second chance! I'm sure that every time you think about it you realize how lucky you are to have had such an experience and to realize how quickly something can happen...thanks for emailing the story to Chaya Sara so we can all read and gain from it!
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