BS’D
Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Batsheva Sara bat Rechel Leah. May Hashem send her a complete healing b’riut hanefesh v’b’riut haguf among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
Hashem speaks to us through the circumstances and people in our lives. This means that when we experience an issue with our spouse or children we are being sent a personal message by Hashem on what we need to focus on. Our relationships are our mirror; hence showing us what we need to work on. Particularly that which disturbs us is the area which we need to improve.
The struggle to maintain peace in our home should not be directed towards family members rather should be seen as a larger scale battle to grab hold of our G-dly spirit and follow Hashem’s benevolent ways. We all love validation and most certainly appreciate compliments. Yet if we do not receive them we need to fill that void by reminding ourselves that we are givers because this is what Hashem wants us to do; not in order to receive an outpouring of praises.
Our emotional and spiritual growth is closely linked to overcoming our natural tendency to expect reward for our actions. Torah life teaches us differently; giving is the payback of giving. All is being orchestrated from above and by virtue of working on our emuna we can recognize that we are refining our middot when we become givers instead of takers.
