Tirtza - Parshat V'Eschanan - A Shabbat.com Message

suffering exile are sent by hashem for various reasons they may be punishment for sins and the actual punishment can awaken and teach us to correct our faults on the other hand one's wrongdoing may have reached such a stage that hope for repetence is virtually lost divine judgment may simply decide to remove all support and let matters take their course even if it leads to utter destruction the mishnah tells us that death for wicked is good for them and good for the world good for the world that wicked ones cannot do further evil and good for them because they can no longer do evil it may seem strange but perhaps this is the meaning we should be very sensitive to everything that happens to us trying our best to keep ourselves away from anything that may endanger our kedusha our holiness if something occurs that just does not feel right we should take it as a hint from god that our spiritual life could be in danger if we truly understand the hint and set our hearts to finding out what is wrong and rectify it even a small merit will serve to save us from the dangers of sinning therefore saving us from the suffering that sin alone brings in parashat vaidhanan we see how moshe robin implored to god to allow him to enter the land of israel but god refused moses predicts that in future generations people would turn away from hashem but also says that if we seek god with all our hearts and souls we will find him even though much of the suffering we go through comes from our own actions there is peace and knowing that if we seek god we will find him yes we can indeed avoid suffering by developing a real relationship with hashem even if circumstances are difficult we can always call upon hashem maybe this is also a purpose of suffering to avoid it by getting closer to god have an amazing shabbat