Purim 2015

Day 160:  There is an uproar by the President and his like-minded Congressmen over the visit by Netanyahu.

Imagine...our only ally in the middle east, a friend to the US that does NOT harbor and support the terrorists that seek to destroy us...is coming to visit.  And the leader of our country is upset about it.

I find the continuing hate and disregard for Israel by this Administration offensive and dangerous.  If the US does not support Israel, be assured we have no more true allies in that part of the world.

It's fascinating the "coincidental timing" of the visit, being Purim is this Thursday.  As noted on worldjewishdaily.com:

"Thursday is Purim, the day Jews worldwide celebrate the deliverance of the Jewish people from the cruel hand of a Persian tyrant more than two thousand years ago. 

Parallels to today are striking. Like then, Israel, where the plurality of the world's Jews lives, faces a dire threat from Persia. Like then, when Haman, descendant of Amalek sought to kill every Jewish man, woman and child, the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeks the same.

 So it was striking that Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, gave President Obama a Megillat Esther as a gift at their meeting last week. 

What was Netanyahu's message? Perhaps that the Jewish people have faced foes like the modern state of Iran before -- and in the end prevailed over their enemies. As well, like then, the Jews did not need outside help. With God's silent guiding hand, Haman's plots were foiled and in fact reversed. What he wished upon the Jewish people was what he received.

The Purim story teaches us to recognize that we have been in this situation before. As we say during the Passover Seder, in every generation a leader rises us to destroy us, but the Jewish people will prevail. So it was in days of old, so it will be today." 

 I will be praying the US will rise to the occasion and support this leader which in the last 5+ yrs has treated him so badly.  May God protect Israel, and bring her peace.

Please, God, bless!

And I will bless those who bless you,

            And the one who curses you I will curse.

            And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Gen 12:3

Inspired by "365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!" I decided I should be more conscientious of my creative side. I chose to modify this one year challenge (9/23/14-9/24/15) to create something each day that would also force me to focus my perspective on a Godly world-view.