INSPIRATION
HOW 1 WOMAN COPES & ADJUSTS
TO THE RECENT WAVE OF TERROR IN ISRAEL
It's Thursday afternoon & I'm preparing for Shabbos like every other week.
But...this Thursday is different.
I usually have my Erev-Shabbos schedule down pat.
I'm a very structured person & I like things to be just so.
- This Thursday, though, my husband did the Shabbos shopping bein hasedarim (between his learning schedule) because I am afraid of the Arab workers in Hachi Kedai.(local market).
- This Thursday, my Chessed girl (helper) called to cancel because her seminary is in lockdown.
- This Thursday, I am cooking for just us because my brother-in-law's Yeshiva is having a mandatory in-Shabbos as a result of the current situation.
- This Thursday, I'm not concerned about scheduling my baby's nap early enough so we can get to the park before bedtime, because all we mothers feel that the park is too exposed for our comfort.
- I haven't gone out in a few days- I have been postponing all my errands.
- I feel trapped; cooped up & scared. Everything is different.
OR IS IT?
I am reminded of another Thursday afternoon, two years ago
That Thursday, we were snowed in.
- My husband did the shopping because I was afraid of the unsalted streets.
- My Chessed girl cancelled because she could not get from her neighborhood to mine.
- I cooked for just us because no guests were willing to brave the treacherous roads.
- I made no plans to go to the park because the park was lost beneath a sea of white.
- And I did not even attempt to run errands
- I felt cooped up just the same but not scared.
ALL THOSE SIMILARITIES GOT ME THINKING
- Weather is beyond my control, as are terrorists
- And just like Hashem (G-d) will decide without my help when there will be storm & when will
be sun, so too He decides when & where the knife will pierce, which plans will be thwarted & which evil intentions averted. - If He is not stopping those knives, there is a reason.
- And if that knife is meant to pierce, the safety of my walls is no safety at all.
- So the only thing we CAN control is how we respond to the message Hashem is sending us
with such force. - Paralyzing fear (my reaction till now) is understandable, but doesn't accomplish much.
- Instead, I am using this extended time indoors with my children to get to know them better,
to play with them more - I am learning to feel proud of living here in fear- of staying in Eretz Yisrael when it's not comfortable.
- I am learning to value our emunas chachamim (faith of our wise rabbis) when I send my husband to kollel (study hall to learn Torah) without too much fear because R' Chaim said talmidei chachamim (students who learn Torah) will be protected
- And I am learning to surrender control to Hashem.
It's a pretty important lesson.
From the storms of anger, terrorism & snow, I learned my place.
Now let us pray that Hashem now begins to show His ultimate control by
bringing absolute Shalom & eternal peace to Klal Yisrael!
Ahuva Rothschild Kerzner
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