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Do you hear that? That quiet whisper that's surrounding you? That beautiful sonnet that's being recited to you?

That's Him.

He's talking to you. From the letters on this computer screen, to the music playing in the background, to the children screaming in your ears.

You and He are in a constant conversation, a love story with two characters playing out through all the years of your life. The beauty of this story is that every detail, every moment, is perfectly planned and perfectly adjusted to every single thing you ever do. The beautiful thing about this conversation is that no matter what you say, no matter how badly you stumble on your words, He will always be saying the exact words you need (and want) to hear.

Remember that time you picked a random book off the shelf and it changed your life? Or the time you thought you had messed up everything in your life and things just seemed to work out? Or when everything really did go wrong, but then you realized how it made you better person?

That's Him! That's His voice, calling out to you, telling you, "I love you. I care for you. I want to make you better. I want to watch you grow into the beautiful person I know you are."

It is when you recognize His voice in your ear, when you see the perfect details of the story come to life, it is when you engage Him in the conversation that your purpose suddenly blooms.

The problem is, sometimes even when you hear Him talking to you, you think He is yelling at you, pushing you to the ground, telling you that you are worthless. And so you turn His sonnet into a cheap poem, you transform His story into reality television-- where words are cheap and time is wasted.

But still, even then, He will adjust to your misinterpretation. He will keep whispering those sweet words in your ear. Until you hear. Until you listen. Until it rings through the core of your being-- and you respond. Join Him in creating the perfect story. Become a true conversationalist.

Until you realize both you and He have been saying the same thing all along.


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Posted: Aug 30, 2009
happy talk and talk and talk and talk
conversation is so curious bc real conversation does not happen just bc the mouth opens and words come out and there is an ear to hear them. for people can talk but really only talk at a person, not to them, can speak with them but, as Buber puts it, have the relationship be one of "I and it" rather than "I and thou", thou being seeing the eternity in the other, not just seeing their limitations but the endlessness of their source, their essence. depth. and i think when you hear Gd speaking to you, you recognize that you are on a ride, and though u may be steering, Gd is the engine and you've got to listen and submit yourself to the power outside yourself, and just listen, in wonder. and then respond, in awe, never knowing if things will end, always digging deeper
Posted By mahrsupial, chicago, IL

Posted: June 29, 2009
Conversations
In 1945 in the Catholic high school I attended the nun was not silent about teaching Supersessionalism that is the Hebrew Bible is there only to point the way to Christian Scriptures. Rabbi A. J. Heschel says Fr. Karl Rahner S. J. has updated this to say that Hebrew Scriptures have no real authority or "infallibility"
I believe that because we have the HebrewBible you do have something beautifl to say to us.
Posted By Virginia M. Mitchell, Farmington Hills, , MI

Posted: June 17, 2009
Wow!
Thank you for such a powerful message! I needed to hear this right now so thank you!
Posted By Anonymous


 



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Elad Nehorai is an alumnus of Arizona State University and Mayanot yeshiva. You can find Elad wandering around America, gallivanting around Israel, or getting lost in the clouds. His favorite things to do include reading, writing and conversing with G-d.

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