In sefer T’hilim (35:1-3), David HaMelech cries out: “Hashem, strive with those who strive against me, battle my foes. Grasp a shield and encircling armor, and rise to my assistance. And arm Yourself with a spear and bar the way before my pursuers; say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
There is a beautiful midrash on the pasuk: “And Avraham was 99 years old, when he was circumcised…(B’reishis 17:24)”: “And Avraham said to [Hashem], ‘And who will circumcise me?’ He said to him: ‘You yourself.’ Avraham took the knife and took hold of his foreskin, but he was afraid because he was old; he was shaking. He said to Him, ‘Ribbono Shel Olam, I am an old man.’ What did the Holy One do, as it were? He stretched out His Hand and took hold along with him.” [Midrash Tanchuma, B’reishis Chapter 3]
If our struggles in life seem too hard, we just need to cry out to Hashem and He will help us. Even if our situation can’t change right now, we can be granted the inner strength, clarity, and determination to push on.
G’ulah can come in the blink of an eye. This is not just referring to the external circumstances, but to the internal ones, as well. Everyone has his/her ups and downs. Sometimes we may feel scared, apathetic, depressed, confused, and the very next minute encouraged, determined, elated, and clear.
The goal is to hold on during the down times, to cry out to Hashem for help – and then wait, knowing that this, too, will pass. Even if the external situation remains the same, our internal situation can suddenly change for the better, giving us a new-found surge of strength and clarity. Realize that this is a form of g’ulah also, and it comes from Hashem.
(Material was previously published on www.ShiratMiriam.com.)
List of People Who Need
a R’fuah Sh’leimah
(a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Boris Baruch ben Frecha Frida
Alter Shmuel ben Chavah Leah
Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Zisel
Chaim ben Malkah
Yehudah Yudel ben Miriam Gittel
David ben Rachel
Yisrael Zundel ben Miriam
Steven David ben Violette
Baruch Avraham ben Helen
Shimon ben Sarah
Yaakov Dov ben Priva
David Yosef Elimelech ben Elisheva Hinda
Yisachar David ben Chayah Brachah
Matisyahu Yeshayahu ben Chanah Chinka
Ariel Shmuel ben Leah
Yonah Gedaliah ben Pesha
Nasan ben Naamah
Alan ben Leah Angela
Yehoshua ben Miriam
Tzvi ben Miriam Rachel
Dov ben Leah
Avraham Zev ben Sarah
Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel ben Lishel
Yosef Azriel ben Chayah Michal
Yosef Yitzchak Isaac ben Chayah Gitel
Yisachar Dov Berish ben Feiga Golda
Tovah Yocheved bas Esther Bukas
Chayah Shoshanah Tovah bas Esther
Ruchamah Perel Malkah Leah bas Chanah Serel
Malkah bas Allegre
Gittel bas Sarah
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Perel bas Nechamah
Mechelina Simchah bas Rinah
Rachel Leah bas Sarah
Tehillah Hadassah bas Elanah
Rachel Leah bas Sarah
Hadas bas Ora
Yael bas Ruth
Esther bas Nacha
Orana bas Suzan
Chavah Leah bas Esther
Mazal bas Malkah
Shirah bas Devorah Leah
Miriam bas Rachel
Julie Neshla bas Jamileh
Chavah Leah bas Esther
Dinah bas Yocheved
Elisheva bas Miriam
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