The Parable

I beg to disagree that all the challenges He brings to us is a sign of love. The Holocaust was not a sign of love. Physical suffering is not a sign of love. Neuromuscular deterioration, cancer, amputation and so on are not signs of love. Rape and murder of innocent children are not a sign of love to the victims or their families. Yet, I admit that despite these horrors I still have faith otherwise my life would make no sense, but don't tell me these are signs of love.

I have never read such an apt description of the world in which I/we live.
I stand with one foot in the lunacy and the other in His. Would that both could be in His.
It is an endless balancing act and a daunting one for me.
I pray each day to be drawn closer to Him and not be consumed by the monster.

Thank you Rabbi Schneerson, your words are not not only Powerful, but Beautiful as well. If I had attempted to speak or write of this parable, I probably could have written a novel and my novel would have in no way come close to what you have conveyed in so few words. I feel as though I have a better understanding of G_d's presence in this world with so much darkness. G_d led me to Chabad.org and I am so very grateful. I thank you Rabbi, and Rabbi Freeman, I thank the others who commented, and above all I thank G_d for His beauty, kindness and Love which He entrusted to us to preserve and share with others, now and generations to come. Again, I thank you. Shalom

I chose Torah channel. Life is beautiful as I walk through it.
Thank ou Rabbi Freeman for your daily dose, and for caring for all of us. Your prayers are heard and the desires of your sincere heart for all are all seen.

Dear Rabbi Freeman,
Thank you for pointing out that we have the freedom, that freedom that enables us to chose what good is for us in life. And freedom is a G-d's gift to us.

While we strive for a redeeming ideal spiritual life, one should not lose sight of the realities of life either. Whether we inject the ideal into the real, or the real into the ideal, actualities must be dealt with. The spiritual and physical must be balanced, not 50/50 necessarily, but still balanced appropriately. Of course that is no small task.

Dear Rabbi Freeman,
This is so true and written in a way that my heart AND my ego can understand. They are both grateful to you :) Thank you for being so generous in sharing your own light with the world. Without having met you, I assume that you continue to redeem your Divine Sparks with silent strength, dignity, and true humility. I bless you for continued strength, willingness and fortitude to live G-d's will for you here on this earth.