Reporting On God. Wading Through A Sea of Torah and Jews.
Here is a thought that I keep with me always. I don't know where I read this so I have no attribution:
G-d does not choose the qualified;
G-d qualifies the chosen.
I wonder what that says about our lives, personally. And what does that say about us as Jews?
posted by Barefoot Jewess at 11:23 am
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9 Comments:
On a totally unrelated note...
what are your thoughts and feelings on Terri Schiavo?
kangi,
I have no opinion on the case, because I know little about it. Even if I knew more, I would be hesitant to venture an opinion. Unless I was living it, I feel that I cannot speak on it.
If it happened to me, I would be consulting a rabbi I respected and trusted. And even then, I reserve the right to make my own decision. But I do perceive my rabbi's knowledge and advice as invaluable, because of the respect and trust.
May G-d spread His shelter of peace over all the people surrounding Terri, and over Terri, regardless of circumstance.
moshe came immediately to mind when i read your post. i imagined him by the bush, protesting.
Question:
If we prepare ourselves so as to be ready if we are chosen, does that mean we are making ourselves "qualified" and thus excluded from being chosen? So we should not prepare ourselves at all? What about the concept of making a vessel to hold the light? Or the concept of "the awakening from below" or "One who purifies themselves is assisted?"
Surely G-d can choose the qualified too, maybe even preferentially.
PS
In reading some of your postings, I am really struck by your insights.
Do you ever think, maybe I'm sharing too much of myself?
I think about that issue a lot...
am always thinking about the balance between self-expression and self-concealment/effacement.
BS"D
Thank you, Barefoot, for this post. It is very inspiring & humbling at the same time. Your words remind me of the Ishbitz, who wrote of the mitzvah me'uchedet. The one mitzvah each of us has to perform for G@d before our time is up. G@d both chooses us for this task & innately qualifies us, whether or not we are aware. & sometimes, sometimes our ambitions are identical with G@d's plan for us, B"H!
Your presence on the blogosphere is a brakhah. Thank you.
eliyahu,
I think of Moshe as well. It strengthens me.
Sechel,
I don't think about exposure much. Anonymity helps. And there are things that I don't talk about which are far more revealing. I write for myself.
soferet,
You made a bad day, good. Thank you!
VERY good blog.....I like the way you think. looking forward to more.
Thanks.
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