“A letter from God”

Dearest children,

I know.
I know of your pain and suffering.
I know the darkness many of you are living with.
I know of your questions and confusion.
I know you are all living in this dark, long and bitter galus for so many years.
I know because I’m your father.
I know because I’m right beside you, although you don’t see me.

I know you have an endless amount of questions.
I know at times you want to just give in and give up.
As though you’ve lost hope in moshiach ever coming.
I know you feel like this world and myself are so cruel and senseless.

At the same time, Dear children, I want you to know that everything, literally everything is planned out down to the last detail. I can’t share the reasoning because every event, both good and bad are intertwined with so many different parts of the creation and the world. It’s like a tapestry that every thread, every color, each and every part all come together to create a beautiful piece of art.

When Moshiach does come, and your souls will have the ability to see more, I promise that you will understand it all. Everything will make sense. However until then, please know that I got your back. Please know that I love you more than you’ll ever believe or imagine. I love each and every one of you, regardless of how you act or dress. It’s an unconditional and unequivocal deep love that is simply unbreakable.

Dearest children, a small flame glows the brightest in a dark room.
The brightest flashlight shines the most in a dark area.
The strongest love and connection comes after a period of disconnect.

The biggest pleasure in this world is connection and the worst hell is disconnect.
I can’t explain why galus is so long, but I could say that there is so much that you can accomplish only while you’re in galus.
Once Moshiach comes, the world will be so full of light that growth will be so much harder to attain.

When I see a broken hearted mother call out to me from a sterile hospital room, despite looking at the glooming numbers, that love I feel is so tremendous.

When I watched the group of medics at the scene of Meron, singing ani maamin in unison, at the very same space where there was tremendous darkness just a few days prior, I was there and cried along with them all. The unity and mutual love I felt was beyond description.

When I receive a letter from a broken hearted teenager, who’s a victim of abuse, crying, begging and yearning for a connection, I take those letters and cry through every single word. The beauty in it is almost too much to bear.

When I see a group of struggling boys holding hands holding on selichos night, dressed in all forms of clothing, with one mission of simply wanting to connect, despite their confusion and pain, I melt from love.

When the singers go to the bedside of the injured soldiers or civilians hurt in the current war, I’m right there with them.
I cry and sing along and can feel that unbreakable love we have to each other in ways that wouldn’t be possible in brighter days.

So dearest children, I promise the time will come when you will see the true light. Until then, please know that your purpose in galus is not just suffering and pain. The mountains you are climbing, the levels of connection you are attaining, are only possible because you are in galus.

Reaching a mountain peak is only possible through climbing the rigid mountain sides.
Strength only comes after rigorous and sometimes painful exercises.
Crossing a river is only possible if you weather the stormy waves that crash on the sides of the boat.
Similarly, the biggest growth can only happen during the most challenging times.
It is precisely during the dark and hidden phases that you can reach levels and places that even angels can’t.
You are creating the most beautiful and awesome creations that is only possible while being in galus.

The unbreakable love, that yearning, that longing for me, despite everything rational going against it, is so meaningful for me. Love through darkness is so much stronger and more authentic than love through light.
I see it all.
I see you all.
I love you all.
I cherish each and every one of you.