Welllll, Holy Spirit is NOT letting me get off this "Giving" Theme so today, Holy Spirit is following up....CONFIRMING last week's Which One Are You? post, by speaking to US through one of my Fave Rabbi's.
Check out Rabbi Eckstein's message below as we get some more Fuel for Our Souls on Giving and Sharing......
A story is told about
a Jewish man who wrote a letter to his rabbi because he was unhappy and needed
guidance in getting his life on track. The letter read: “I need your help. I
wake up every day sad and anxious. I have difficulty concentrating. I find it
hard to pray. I feel that life has lost its joy and meaning. I need help.” The
rabbi delivered his reply without writing a single word. Instead the rabbi took
a red pen and circled the first word of every sentence: “I.”
The message was that
the solution to the person’s problem could be found in his focus exclusively on
himself. The rabbi was trying to gently, yet firmly, demonstrate that the
secret to a happy and fulfilling life is to take the focus off of ourselves and
place it instead on others. The happiest people in the world are the ones who
make other people happy.
In Proverbs we read
this powerful message: “Do not
let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them
on the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 3:3, NASB). King Solomon recognized the
importance of kindness, too. By telling us to bind it to our necks and inscribe
it on our hearts, he was teaching us that we ought to make kindness – as well
as truth – a major part of who we are both inside and out.
Most people go through
life asking themselves, “What is in it for me?” However, this ultimately leads
to a shallow existence and a feeling of emptiness. Life lived “all about me”
can be a very lonely experience. Instead of asking “What about me?”, we need to
start asking, “What about we?” In other words, how can I help us out? How can I
brighten someone else’s day? How can I make the world better for everyone?
In Hebrew, the word
for giving, natan, is a palindrome – it can be read the same
way forward or backward. This teaches us that no matter what end of giving you
are on, everyone benefits. But don’t just take my word for it. Go out and try
it!
The Talmud teaches
that kindness is even better than charity because it can be done for both poor
and rich, and with money or without any. Everyone can perform acts of kindness
today. Speak some encouraging words to someone who is down. Cook a hot meal for
someone alone or hungry. Help someone run an errand, or offer your seat on the
crowded bus to another person. Even something as simple as asking, “What can I
do for YOU today” can enrich your life as well as many others. Make kindness a
priority today!
With prayers for shalom,peace
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
Founder and President
Family, whenever Our Heavenly Father keeps knocking on my Heart with a message...with a To Do.....with a "Walk This Way Mona" nudge....I have learned from experience to LISTEN and TAKE HEED. And in the times I've done that.....been Obedient to His Guidance and Leading....I've come out the One Being BLESSED...and Being a BLESSING to others!! I've learned that in Giving and Sharing and replacing the I's with WE's, it's a Life lived of Freedom, Joy, Happiness and Peace!! And Who doesn't want that?!?
Mets Gushing Moments:
7 Line Army - WOW! What a Beautiful Gesture of Support last night in DC!
Oh Yeah! See the LIGHT Matt in those who've TRULY Got Your Back! Your Teammates and the Mets Powers to Be! ("Harvey will make his next start", says Collins) "For NOTHING is Impossible with God." (Luke 1:37).
Our Mighty Mets Men are MAKING H-I-S-T-O-R-Y EVERY TIME, **EVERY TIME** THEY TAKE THE FIELD!! Whewee!! I 'm continuing to Drink the Kool-Aid.......down to the Last Drop :)
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