#615: Amida: Modim (Part 11)

generous respons by the S family and by on the 18th the of mod we gave a lengthy introduction and we began the text of mod itself we're grateful to you minimally which really is not minimum at all we're grateful to you Hashem that you're our God that you are not only our creator but you are intimately aware of and involved in every aspect of our life and what a how many people live life helpless and hopeless lost thinking that they're on their own feeling abandoned victims of chance Randomness and we on the other hand live a life El Hashem you're our God nothing in our life is random or chance we are always where we're meant to be embrace your place because that's Lov that's the present tense our ancestors past tense and we know that not just a Creator who created a world and you will eventually move on Providence is permanent you will forever be not only aware of but intimately involved in every aspect of our life and then we continue means you are The Rock The Rock of Our Lives the you are the rock like predent ja you are the rock of our life the sewer but SE is not enough of a metaphor we don't just describe AEM as being as reliable as a rock but he's also not only a butu you were the shield of our deliverance in every generation you can be relied on both as a a rock and a mugan a shield so we'll get to in a moment what is the difference between the two but first what is why do we describe a as a rock as the Y says the following says that points to also a pretty good song listen to me all of those who pursue Justice those who are if you're a Seeker a yearner you're looking forem so listen what should you listen to look to the rock that you were yed from look to the rock that you were carved out of so the quotes but who are the what is the rock that we were carved out of the OS Theos andos look at your DNA look at from whom you descend if you look at your DNA you'll know your destiny look where you come from and you know the strength and the power and the resolve and the resilience we have to face and overcome whatever we need so the are Theos because we are a product of those who created and fashioned us we were y we were formed in fashion we were carved from The Rock from the stone of ouros of those who come before us however says the is not just the rock that we come from it's not just our DNA is the Rock we rely upon the rock we come from the rock we trust in the rock that is Dependable the rock that is Mak the source of life isem because after all if we are carved out of the stone of our matriarchs and Patriarchs you know laav the Mount Rushmore of the Jewish people we're carved out of the rock the side of the mountain the Mount Rushmore of Theos that's who we come from those the but where do they come from where they come from isem theim planted and placed inside each and every one of us he is the rock that is in us so when we feel like we're vulnerable we're fragile we're frail how will we persevere how will we overcome how can we withstand know that inside us is a rock reliable dependable strong permanent how can we know that there's that rock first of all because Theos from whom we descend but moreover because theim the the piece of hasem that's inside each and every one of us is what is reliable that is The Rock and the foundation inside us so we're so grateful that that the rock of our life when we feel what will be what's going to happen can we overcome will we persevere can we survive there's a rock inside us we are as strong as a rock we have what it takes we've seen it the last year and a half theur of our holy precious soldiers were're a rock they are a rock to be relied upon that is what's inside us the but what's the difference why employ the two metaphors the advantage and disadvantage of a the advantage and disadvantage of a mugin a mugin is a shield a rock is permanent in place a shield is different we'll pick up with next time what is the difference between the Rock and the shield and why in modm we Embrace both metaphors