Yes, there is wonder in the world, but we do not stand on the outside gaping in.
This wonder, it is our parent.
We are its child.
It is our G‑d and we are its people.
Yes, there is wonder in the world, but we do not stand on the outside gaping in.
This wonder, it is our parent.
We are its child.
It is our G‑d and we are its people.
G d is and has always been my parent. My G d fearing, blessed parents reared me with love, religious and educational instruction and hands on training as to how to honor and uphold G d’s laws, in ways that would make my creator, my real parent proud to call me his creation. I was taught to love others and to forgive both those who loved me and those who disliked me. I was told there’s no greater gift in this world than the love of G d and to pass it on. Not only to people but to all of G d’s creations in our world. And after both my father and my mother left this world, I’ve never forgotten their prescious words to this very day. Reply
wonder-ful thank you dinah in idaho for that wondeful assertion of HaShem recognizing His children in their childish rush to be all grown up like Him! Reply
A cherishing forever, i do pray If G-d looks at us in wonder that is not at least 51% positive, then i pray our Designer will view our negativity as an alpha-type 'cheekiness' resulting from the boldness and independence with which we could not help but be infused when our Creator first exhaled part of Its innate being into us. i hope our L-rd regards us as we might regard a tiny 5 year old dressed up in the most elegant but still (for him/her) gigantic formal attire standing there with chocolate smeared all around his mouth declaring with tears welling up in their eyes that they do not think they have seen the missing chocolate bar they were told not to touch! A scolding? A telling that we know the truth? That we have more experience? A gathering up of that child? A holding him close? A loving to bits? An appreciation of the comedy? A cherishing? An acceptance forever? I certainly hope so. Reply
you think? do you think G-d looks on us, us, with 'wonder' of a positive sort? Reply
It's so great to know that we are not alone without belonging. We really have so much in common even being separate individuals all created and re-created again each day. It is a wonder there are infinite pieces, and yet everything adds to an infintesimal whole family. With regards to our one G_d, I cannot even fathom being everywhere, and having a tiny piece of G_d in every thing. Reply
Christian Cooment I object - G-d is a he not an it! Reply
As I read the quote on wonder I am on a train journey through the English countryside
Leaves are ablaze with colour and drift gently down in the Autumn sunlight how true it seemed
Baruch Hashem
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I do have friends
So although I feel so all alone camping outside on a park bench, I do have friends. This helps my disposition. Your friend has a friend, and the friend of your friend has a friend
- Talmud, Ketubot 109b
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The sense of wonder children feel toward creators
When someone without children starts talking to a child like it is less than half its age, for example making babytalk to a five-year-old, or explaining to a ten-year-old what a traffic light is, or telling a twelve-year-old that Santa Claus is real, have you ever noticed the expression on the child's face?
They look in bewilderment at the adult and cannot understand such strangeness. Sometimes, they seem to believe that the adult is mentally retarded and lacks the intellectual capacity to function on a more mature level. At best, they are amazed that the adult has so badly misjudged the child's own maturity.
I have that sort of relationship with G-d.
I look at the rules we are given for what to eat, when to sleep, and even which shoe to tie first, and I gaze in wonder as to why He still thinks of us as small children and does not understand that we are old enough to be allowed to make some of these decisions for ourselves.
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Related to Wonder Baruch Hashem! Thank you so much for posting these wonderful quotes from the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. A Good Shabbos to you. Reply
Daily Dose Every day this manna comes from Chabad to my computer, so light and sweet, like angel cake. Reply
G-d is our father
Dear Rabbi Freeman,
b e a u t i f u l l !
It makes the heart feel pure happiness
and thankfulness-
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The wonder is within us.
It is a spark of light, like a spiritual gene from the Parent. It has the potential to develop the divine qualities.
A special desire moves us to connect with G_d so He can nurture this potential to come out of our self-care to achieve the wonder of caring for others.
Like a parent, He waits for us to replicate His divine qualities. He waits for all His children to gather as one loving family, caring for each other and bringing pleasure to their parent, G_d.
This is the wonder - our nature that works in conflict, competition and detachment from others will invert to cooperation, love and good intentions towards others.