{"id":98354,"date":"2022-11-20T00:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T22:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98354"},"modified":"2022-11-20T00:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T22:44:57","slug":"a-fathers-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/a-fathers-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Father\u2019s Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Father\u2019s Blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A woman once came to me, bitterly bemoaning her lot. She asked, \u201cWhy do my friends, my neighbors, my cousins, and my sisters all have children, and only I am singled out to be childless?\u201d I felt for her in her pain, but I couldn\u2019t help her much. Hashem alone holds the key to children.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her visit, each time I tried encouraging her, I felt that she was accusing me for her condition. She seemed to imply that it was my fault that she hadn\u2019t been blessed with offspring. I tried explaining to her that we cannot fathom Hashem\u2019s calculations. But she banged on the table in stubbornness and would not accept my words<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I decided to change tactics. In a sharp change of tone, I said, \u201cMadame, I admire you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She fell silent, not expecting such a reaction. I continued. \u201cBy being stubborn toward me, you are acting exactly as a daughter who is obstinately demanding help from her father, not yielding until he agrees to her request. You are proving yourself a true daughter to our Heavenly Father. Take your grievances directly to Him, and with His help, you will yet have a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Every Jew who finds himself in a difficult position should turn to Hashem with tenacity, staunchly clinging to his desire. When Hashem observes his closeness and pure faith in Him, He will certainly help him. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Father\u2019s Blessing A woman once came to me, bitterly bemoaning her lot. She asked, \u201cWhy do my friends, my neighbors, my cousins, and my sisters all have children, and only I am singled out to be childless?\u201d I felt for her in her pain, but I couldn\u2019t help her much. Hashem alone holds the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}