You Should Know in Your Heart

“You should know in your heart that just as a father will chastise his son, so Hashem, your GD, chastises you.” (8:5) How do we explain situations where it appears that Hashem is distancing himself from us? And we see this even by people who appear to us to be great Tzadikim. A parent’s job is to teach a child. We should observe what happens when a person attempts to teach his child how to walk. As the child takes a few steps, the parent moves further away. In this way the child tries to walk more and get closer to the parent. So too - Hashem wants us to grow and learn. As Hashem distances Himself from us - we should be attempting to ‘walk’ closer to Hashem. (Mezritcher Maggid)