Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Ekev - Your GPS to G-d!

Ekev -  YOUR GPS TO G-D! 
Av 22/23, 5775   August 7/8, 2015




How many times have you listened and looked to your GPS, or remember looking at a road map planning your trip and driving a long, and realizing that you need to make a right turn, instead of a left, or you might have gone onto the wrong Spur/exit on the Freeway?  Be it the Map or GPS was incorrect, and they most certainly are at times, or you just over shot the exit, and ‘we’ do that too, did you give up, did you turn around and go home?  I sure hope you answered, “NO!!!!!”, I will use the map/GPS as my guide, and learn to adapt and adhere to my surroundings.
From the portion, EKEV, “And all the commandments which I commanded you today, you shall do in order that you shall live and you will increase and you will come, and you will inherit the land.”   An awesome road map for anybody! It is a very powerful statement; never give up and keep moving progressively forward and GROW!  Keep learning, keep absorbing, and building your own self with great steps forward, and with each step, you will have great spiritual growth.
With growth, you can achieve more than one may imagine…………proactive achievement, as long as we as individuals don’t fool ourselves into thinking ‘we’ are greater than the commandments, its meaning, its true and sincere purpose, be it back in the time of forefathers, or today, in the year 5775/2015, and with all of our worldly and not so worldly distractions!
It is vital for each person to focus on what IS achievable for him/her, not on what’s NOT attainable! FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE AND REACH FOR THE STARS WITH A STEADY HEART AND WALK THE WALK !!!   613 commandments/Mitzvahs are very many, and some do not even apply to you, to your brother, your sister, your mother or father, or children, or to me. They are just NOT attainable, as they do not apply to us!!   To make ‘it’ work, focus on the following, “Honor your Mother and Father”.  That is very achievable and CAN be attained. Is #601, not to dwell permanently in Egypt--Deuteronomy 17:16?  Is #603. Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them--Deuteronomy 23:7?  Are they attainable to you today?    My very direct point, and very clear message here is to focus on what is relevant to you, and Yes, sometimes, it is a little reach (and that’s called GROWTH), sometimes a little work, in fact, a lot of work, but the dividends and rewards are absolutely great for YOU!
In a world that we have mini computers, that we call Smart Phones, that actually talk to you or do math, a world that has every manner to communicate and reach out with social media, in a world that has TV’s as big as movie theater screens, or Google cars that drive themselves, we must stop and look in our own mirrors please!   Slow down for your own sake and your families concern too, take a breath, walk just a little slower, and take time for YOU, for your mom and dad, for your kids, for your dog or cat…..., And take some time for introspection, personal growth, Prayer, and G-D!  Slowly crawl if needed, but progressively go forward and make the time, and it will be reflective upon you; a true shining gleam from YOU to the rest of US!!!!   It is a true internal and external bliss!

Walk your path towards it, walk at your very own pace, keep it in your heart, attach it to your soul and body, bind it to the door posts of your home, and JUST go forward walking, and indeed walk and keep it simple and close to YOUR heart! It’s the map for your own success!

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