Thought for Today: Shabbat November 01

When I understand something of the Moshiach’s Love for me as a sinner, I respond with love for the Moshiach – and that love includes feelings and emotions. But emotions come and go, and we must not allow them to mislead us. YHVH loves me, whether I “feel” it or not… What makes the difference? It can be summered in one word: commitment… This commitment not only keeps us faithful to the Moshiach when we don’t feel like it, it also keeps away negative emotions such as doubt and fear. John Witherspoon, the only cleric to sign the Declaration of Independence, once said: “it is only the fear of YHVH Elohiym that can deliver us from the fear of man”