Someone just sent me this and it is a very powerful message.
Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why did God have to do this to me?' Here is a wonderful explanation!
A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her best friend is moving away.
Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, 'Absolutely Mom, I love your cake.'
'Here, have some cooking oil,' her Mother offers.
'Yuck' says her daughter.
'How about a couple raw eggs?' 'Gross, Mom!'
'Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?'
'Mom, those are all yucky!'
To which the mother replies: 'Yes , all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! '
God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!
God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance! 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.'
If you are not getting what you think you deserve from a person , Hashem can find a different person to give it to you, and if Hashem doesn’t think that you should have it then it is better that you shouldn’t have it. Get rid of the illness called Resentment.
Rebbe Nachman gives 20 reasons that a person becomes debt ridden. Among them are: lack of emunah, loshon harah and depression. Really they are all related. If we truly accept that everything in from Hashem we will not speak ill about other people and we will not fall into depression because if everything is from Hashem then it is all for the best.
When a person wants something so badly that they are willing to do anything to get it, it means that he thinks that he has a better agenda then Hashem. Its not that they don't believe in Hashem it is just that they want what they want. Hypocrisy is the enemy of Yiras Shamayim.
Everything that Hashem gives us comes from his great chesed and not because we deserve it. Everything that happens to us is coming from Hashem's decree and will. It comes through people, but from Hashem.
All fear come from lack of trust in Hashem.
Who is the person who is constantly involved in charity?
The cause of Adam HaRishon's sin was that he did not make enough choices so that when he was in a situation where he was forced to make a choice he made the wrong choice. His punishment/curse is that he is going to have to work to receive his bread.
Do not allow an attitude of fatalism to masquerade as Bitachon. It is easy to say, "whatever happens is Hashem's will, so I can do whatever I want, because Hashem is running the show." We have to know that Hashem runs the world according to normal rules of nature, and if we break them, we will face the consequences. You can not drink poison and think that nothing will happen if Hashem was not planning on it. You have to take responsibility for your actions.
