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Monday, February 2, 2015
Prayer
"Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done." Reading of all the dead and dying is incredibly sad. Yet this line in the book stood out to me. I found it ironic that the God Elie had rejected, that he no longer believed in, he was praying to. He had to acknowledge that by himself he did not have the strength to avoid doing what Rabbi Eliahu's son had done. He had to look beyond himself for strength. He turned to the God who he believed had abandoned his people thus had abandoned his promises and therefore was nonexistent. Nevertheless, It seemed God showed his presence through Rabbi Eliahu for why else would Elie resort to prayer.
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I think when there is nothing else left, Elie had to turn to God. Although he chose to shun God for letting all these things happen, I don't think he ever truly abandoned the idea that He was out there. I think it was just hard for Elie, at the time, to accept that such an almighty being would let this happen to His own people, but he needed someone, something to give him the strength he needed to keep on going.
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