http://www.myjblog.com/archives/145 being Jewish, as a woman Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:32:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.myjblog.com/archives/145/comment-page-1#comment-6213 Garnel Ironheart Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:21:58 +0000 http://www.myjblog.com/?p=145#comment-6213 The gemara says that those who come to purify themselves are assisted from Above. Those that come to defile themselves are also assisted because the way a person wants to go is the way Heaven leads him. Sometimes the way you think you want to go isn't the right way and God, in His infinite wisdom, makes things a little more difficult in order to encourage you to go in the right direction. Rav Eliyahu Dessler, in Michtav MiEliyahu, points out that sometimes if you think you're struggling against the stream, this is a good thing because you're expending energy in the right direction and will be rewarded for it. The gemara says that those who come to purify themselves are assisted from Above. Those that come to defile themselves are also assisted because the way a person wants to go is the way Heaven leads him.
Sometimes the way you think you want to go isn’t the right way and God, in His infinite wisdom, makes things a little more difficult in order to encourage you to go in the right direction. Rav Eliyahu Dessler, in Michtav MiEliyahu, points out that sometimes if you think you’re struggling against the stream, this is a good thing because you’re expending energy in the right direction and will be rewarded for it.

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