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 [Hashem] 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, Ch 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.
The 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 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
Yosef Ezriel ben Chayah Michal
Aharon ben Feiga
Menachem Mendel ben Gita Perel
Eliezer ben Ra’oma
Shlomo ben Mazal
Chaim ben Pesha Miriam
Chaim Gershom Yeshaya ben Leah
Yonah Gedaliah ben Pesha
David Yosef Elimelech ben Elisheva Hinda
Nasan ben Naamah
Tzvi ben Miriam Rachel
Yosef Ala ben Samara
Rafael ben Yocheved
Rachamin ben Alizah
Yosef ben Yaffah Liba
Farid David ben Shushan
Yura Joseph ben Tamara
Chaim Hillel ben Rivkah
Tovah Yocheved bas Esther Bukas
Chayah Shoshanah Tovah bas Esther
Ruchamah Perel Malkah Leah bas Chanah Serel
Gittel bas Sarah
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Chayah Malkah bas Charlotte
Rachel bas Miriam
Batya bas Esther
Rachel Leah bas Chayah Zlata
Chavah Leah bas Shoshanah
Rachel bas Hinda Reizel
Olga Chayah bas Geila
Limor bas Chanah
Chanah Esther bas Ayalah Hadar
Chavah bas Shoshanah Sofie
Rachel Naomi bas Esther Chanah
Miriam bas Esther
Rachel Leah bas Sara
Sarah Chanah bas Malkah Yitta
Chayah Devorah bas Feiga
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