In a recent Torah portion Moshe dares to ask G-d, “What is
the essential reason that you do what you do? G-d answered, “That you cannot know. However, if you
contemplate my ways in hindsight you can know a lot.
So, maybe it's incumbent on us to ponder His Ways in our
present situation, the worldwide pandemic. I have come up with 18 “ponderings” of
the present changes we are going through, and perhaps with hindsight, we can
see what G-d wants of us in each one of them. Nothing is carved in stone, all
are only possible messages. I chose 18 because 18 means Chai or Life as in, “Therefore
choose life, that you and your offspring may live.” DEVARIM 30:19
1. Maybe we are experiencing these days of GLOBAL/
WORLDWIDE FEAR to awaken us to WORLDWIDE LOVE
2. Maybe we are experiencing these days, A FEELING OF UNSURENESS
AND INSECURITY to awaken us to TRUST HIM AND KNOW THAT JUST LIKE HE CAME
THROUGH FOR US IN SIMILAR WAYS IN THE PAST, SO TOO NOW
3. Maybe we are experiencing these days of A
FEELING OF SCARCITY to awaken us to feel GRATITUDE AND ABUNDANCE FOR WHAT WE DO
HAVE
4. Maybe we are experiencing these days of SELF QUARANTINE
AND ISOLATION [BIDUD] to awaken us to BE ALONE WITH OURSELVES AND G-D [HITBODEDUT]
IN THE MOST MEANINGFUL WAY
5. Maybe we are experiencing these days of BEING WATCHED
OVER BY GOVERNMENTAL SURVEILANCE to awaken us to the feeling of BEING WATCHED
ALL THE TIME BY G-D
6. Maybe we are experiencing these days of THE PAINFUL DIN
OR JUDGEMENT PANGS OF THE PRE-GEULAH\ REDEMPTION to awaken us to JUDGE
OURSELVES AND THEREBY BE ABSOLVED OF NEEDING TO BE JUDGED FROM ABOVE
7. Maybe we are experiencing these days of THE REALIZATION
THAT TODAY'S NEWS USHERS IN A COMPLETELY NEW REALITY AND HOPE to awaken us to
APPRECIATE THE HERE AND NOW BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS
8. Maybe we are experiencing these days of a NEED TO CHANGE
OUR DAY TO DAY HABITS to awaken us to TRANSFORM OURSELVES TO BE READY FOR A NEW
MESSIANIC ERA
9. Maybe we are experiencing these days of AN EXPOSURE TO
CONSTANT NUMBERS OF DEATHS AND INFECTED PEOPLE BEING THROWN AT US to awaken us
to THE PRESCIOUSNESS OF LIFE AND ALL THAT ADDS LIFE
10. Maybe we are experiencing these days of THE IMPRESSION
THAT THE VIRUS DOESN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHO GETS IT AND WHO DOESN'T to
awaken us to REALIZE THAT UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT DOES, AS DOES G-D'S
PERSONALIZED PROVIDENCE
11. Maybe we are experiencing these days, A NEED TO KEEP OUR
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS to awaken us to APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF ALONENESS IN
IT'S PROPER TIME AS WELL AS TOGETHERNESS IN IT'S TIME
12. Maybe we are experiencing these days of the idea THAT
THE BATTLE IS NOT US VS. THEM BUT ALL OF US VS. IT to the awaken us TO THE
POSSIBILLITY OF GLOBAL UNIFICATION AND PEACE
13. Maybe we are experiencing these days of the idea THAT
ALL THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDST OF THE TWO MONTHS AND HOLDAYS OF
REDEMPTION / GEULAH /ADAR / PURIM AND NISAN / PASSOVER to awaken us to YEARN
FOR AND BE READY FOR MASHIACH NOW!
14. Maybe we are experiencing these days, THAT OUR COMMON
ENEMY IS NOT SOME GIGANTIC EXTERNAL MONSTER FORCE BUT RATHER A MICROSCOPICALLY
SMALL INTERNAL FORCE THAT SPREADS RAPIDLY EVERYWHERE to awaken us to THE REAL
BATTLE WE MUST FIGHT INSIDE OF OURSELVES
15. Maybe we are experiencing these days of the idea THAT
THE MOST VULNERABLE AND SUSCEPTIBLE ARE THE WEAK AND THE ELDERLY to awaken us
to RESPECT AND APPRECIATE MORE OUR ELDERLY AND PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS
16. Maybe we are experiencing these days of THE NEED FOR
CONSTANT HANDWASHING to awaken us to THE BENEFIT OF KEEPING OUR BODY AND SOULS
PURIFIED
17. Maybe we are experiencing these days of THE AWARENESS OF
THE VULNERABILITY OF BREATHING to awaken us to THE AWARENESS THAT LIFE BEGINS
AND CONTINUES AND ENDS WITH BREATHING AND TO THEREFORE APPRECIATE EVERY BREATH
18. Maybe we are experiencing these days of THE INCREDIBLE
GLOBAL SPEED AND SCOPE OF THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS to awaken us to SIMILAR SUCH
PHENOMENA SUCH AS LASHON HARA SPEAKING BAD ABOUT PEOPLEAND TO LIMIT THIS AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE
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