What to do when God says "WAIT"

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

I can't tell you how often people come with their problems and when things work out or the good news, they forget to tell you. >> They left you off with we're getting our family's falling apart. We can't stand each other. This is probably a divorce and end of our marriage. Don't get in Hashem's way. He has a plan. And lean into that process and savor the journey, not only the destination. Because as we go through what we learn, if only we had the crystal ball, if only we could fast forward, if only we could see the letter that we're one day going to write at the end, we'd have so much more strength to be able to get through that journey. Someone had emailed me, let's see the timeline, June 2024, a year ago. You always, and this I'm going to reread part of an email from a year ago. You always say amuna emails that do not have a happy ending are your favorite ones. And that inspired me to write today. I don't have an inspirational story to share. I have some very raw emotions coming from a girl who feels hurt but knows that Hashem is orchestrating everything hopefully. I've been in shukim for a number of years. Everything gets harder and more painful. It's torture to be in society that labels negative stereotypes older girls. It's a long email and it's all about the misery

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1. 0:00I can't tell you how often people come with their problems and when things work out…
2. 0:30Someone had emailed me, let's see the timeline, June 2024, a year ago. You always, and…
3. 1:02and the pain and the loneliness and sense of abandonment and where is Hashem and I…
4. 1:32I got engaged last night. >> Wow. >> And I became a kala. I am so…
5. 2:03do. Thank you, Rabbi Goldberg. There must have been dust in the email because it's very…
6. 2:34I needed to go through it and it was well worth it when I look back…
7. 3:04what we learn we shared you know we put out these daily reels of little clips…
8. 3:34all a journey to learning about oneself and getting one step closer to where one wants…
9. 4:06tell you, as a rabbi in general, forget living with amuna. Just as a rabbi in…
10. 4:36had quintuplets. By the way, they forget that. So those emails I really mean they mean…

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