Wednesday, April 14, 2021

How do you Build a Name? (Gen. 11-15, 21-25)

 Fighting the Lord fails. The Holy One made humanity special. When each person has become a part of the machine, then society is a monster. Chaos is a blessing to that group, for it brings freedom.

The Almighty gives a name to those who seek Him with a pure heart when they leave what they know to seek the Lord. The Lord’s salvation is sought through impossible. It is wrong to seek a kindness for another person to sin.

Too much blessing can bring dissension and conflict, making it a punishment. We must see humility to the other persons befit. Their choices will judge your rightness. If God truly blessed, even that will be returned.

The Glory of the Holy One is seeing in the irrational blessings of One who cannot be defined, making faith laughter. But in joy, there is a seed of pain. Our faith is visible when the impossible is necessary, so we may drink of springs in the desert. We might not get the recognizable blessing of others, but we saw His beauty in that.

Faith must hold to the Lord, giving Him the name He gave those who seek Him. The Lord asks for a living sacrifice as Romans 12:1 says, “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.” NASU Our experience of giving recognizes the covenant that we have with our Savior. 

The Almighty made one man for one woman. It is said that forty days before a girl is born, the angels decided her husband. So many Jews chose to use a shadchan because a man or woman might only seek attraction and connection over divine election. Only the Lord can bring unity of soul as He spit the Reed Sea as Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok said in his article The Concept of Soulmates in Torah & Kabbalah,” “The parting of the Sea showed us that just as G-d can separate that which naturally belongs together so can G-d bring together those things that naturally belong together but have separated.” (Panu Derekh Journal #18)

Believe that the Lord wants to bless you. See blessings in pain. Count the cost.

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