Reply To: Yom Kippur thoughts

Wow, those were beautiful. Thanks sam4321, sam2. Emunas Itecha you write beautifully, your words are so inspiring, spine-tingling, and profoundly touching. I read it over and over.

Wondering… :

I heard once a thought, that sometimes it is so difficult to do this over and over each and every year. I sin, and do teshuva, and now I’m basically back to where I started. Yom Kippur after Yom Kippur, year after year, we didn’t change better. Yet, if I tell you that Hashem didn’t give up yet on you, will you continue? Will you continue to strive to be better if you KNEW Hashem is waiting? Well. he is.

We say in Shmone Esrei, that Hashem is “Kel Tov V’Saloch Atah”- the Good and Forgiving G-D. “Saloch” is in the present form and that means He is Ever-Forgiving, patient, and ALWAYS waiting for your teshuva. He never gives up. He is always welcoming us with open arms, year after year, like a father welcoming his lost child who finally finds his way home.