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It Must Be Mercy
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-12-11 07:00:00
Description: It Must Be Mercy The Chovot HaLevavot writes in the Shaar HaBitachon (Ch. 3) that the first quality of Hashem that a person must be convinced of in order to trust in Him properly is that Hashem has more compassion on us than any other compassionate being. Which means, if we would observe the strongest bond in the world, the love and compassion that a parent has for a child, it would not compare to the love and compassion that Hashem has for every single person. Furthermore, he writes, if we ever do feel loved and cared for by another human being, it is a direct result of Hashem's love for us. That person is expressing love because Hashem gave him the ability to love. The fact that we have the ability to love is a present from Hashem. A mother loves a child because Hashem gave her the tools to love, as it says in the Pasuk: " ונתן לך רחמים "-which means, Hashem gives us the feelings to have mercy. We don't even know what real mercy is. We were given a tinge of the mercy of Hashem and that is how we are able to have mercy on others. If we see a little cute baby, automatically, our sense of mercy is aroused. If we see someone come and attempt to harm that baby, we would have such an awakening of mercy; we would do all we can to protect the child, even if the baby was a stranger to us. All the more so if it was our own child. And all that love and mercy that we are able to feel is because Hashem gives us of His love and mercy. Sometimes we see events that appear to be cruel and harsh. We know they were orchestrated by Hashem, but we can't help but think, "Where is the mercy? There is so much suffering going on." When we have those thoughts, we must remind ourselves that we don't even know what mercy is. We are only able to feel bad for the people in the situation, because Hashem gave us that ability from Him. His feelings of mercy, as it were, are incomprehensible. He has more love and compassion for people than we could ever dream of. If we see what appears to be cruelty, we must believe it is really mercy. We don't have the eyes to see the mercy, but if we know it's coming from Hashem who loves us so much, it must be mercy. There could be a situation in which a child, Lo Alenu, is suffering, and the mother thinks to herself, "How could you tell us that Hashem loves us more than a mother loves her child? I love my child and I would never do to it what Hashem is doing." It's a very tough question to deal with. But if we internalize what the Chovot HaLevavot is teaching us, it wouldn't even be a question. The mother would understand that she only feels bad about what her child is going through now because Hashem gave her those feelings from His endless compassion. And if she only has a tinge of His compassion, that means He loves the child much more than she ever could. So if He is doing this, somehow it must be merciful, as hard as that is to understand. This principle cannot be stressed enough. We have no idea how much Hashem really loves us. However, if we are able to trust that the love is there, it will be easier for us to cope during the difficult times.
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