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Living With Emunah (Part 276) - He is Holding Us Down but He Also is Giving Us a Hug

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Living with Emunah - Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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stories that all end with a happy ending and I was delayed and then I worked out because I didn't go down with the crash and then the thing and the thing and the thing that's not why we believe aramuna is not dependent or conditional on everything working out because is not submitting or surrendering to Hashem that he's in charge he's in control that everything is for our best if every amuna story has to have the ending that we want the way that we believe that in fact that's not emuna or bitacho necessarily at all that's simply bitacho necessarily at all that's simply trying to micromanage and control we're competing with Hashem in this world and when the stories and be talking stories that touch me the most on the ones where even if it didn't work out the way one wanted they leaned in to say this wasn't random this wasn't chance this wasn't happenstance this was carefully curated and choreographed from above this was from Hashem and I'll Find meaning and nonetheless so I'll share with you an email to that effect however I want to share the moon the story with you one of my new businesses is selling disposable

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  1. 1:05stories that all end with a happy ending and I was delayed and then I worked
  2. 4:38was for my best and even if I can't see it or appreciate it right now
  3. 9:25time here at the end the parishes we read two partios the Shabbos but whenever you're
  4. 13:31as you look at the names you think para Hashem nothing catastrophic but every one of
  5. 17:36it's all well and good but even when it hurts so listen to what the OV
  6. 21:41not talking to him feeling him leaning on him I'm not living a life involving him
  7. 25:18plane and we rented a car and I needed to figure out where we were going
  8. 29:24I was at the hospital yesterday visiting my daughter Hashem who had twin girls and there
  9. 33:29and protect you and is now holding you down while someone sticks you with a needle
  10. 37:34is supposed to serve you not you serve others then you're going to end up unhappy

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