A Thought on Bitachon
The distance between the Kisei Hakavod and a person standing here in this world is millions of years! Those years are only metaphors to express the distance in madreigah and power. And despite this vast distance, Hakadosh Baruch Hu is close to us, “like a person who is speaking to his friend – like the distance from his mouth to his friend’s ear”; and moreover, He is with a person “inside his heart”!
These are not mere philosophical ideas, for they can be translated into avodas Hashem, into excitement and enthusiasm.... Yidden in the past used to be mispa’el. Not to mention the Avos and Moshe Rabbenu, who felt this reality tangibly and did not lose their focus on it for even one second...including when they ate and when they slept – at every moment of their lives.
(Nefesh Shimshon B’inyanei Emunah, by Rav Shimshon Pincus zt”l)
Be Fully Conscious of the Fact That Hashem Hears and Listens
When you daven, know before Whom you stand. There are three things that a person needs to think about. First, that he is literally standing before the Creator yisbarach and exchanging words with Him. Even though his eyes cannot see Him, and it is difficult to conjure up an image of this truth in his heart, because there is no sense that helps him with this process, with a bit thought and attention a person of average intellect can establish this truth in his heart. He can become conscious of the fact that he is standing before Hashem Himself, and he is actually beseeching and asking Him for his needs. It is Hashem Himself Who hears and Who is listening to his words just as a friend hears and listens when you speak into his ear....
(Mesillas Yesharim ch. 19)
How Wonderful It Is to Express Your Worries to Hashem
A bit of advice that applies to every person I know: Hashem’s Presence and Existence is consistent in this world, and this is the secret of the world that is concealed from those who are swept up in the flow of physical and material life.
It is a fact that a person has the ability to direct his heart Heavenward and that anyone who constantly rejects falsehood and instead conjures up an image of truth in his heart can connect to the Source of all existence. Hashem is close to all those who call out to Him, and this closeness to us brings Him pleasure.... How wonderful it is that a person has the ability to express all his worries to the Master of the world as though he is speaking to a friend, and that Hashem calls him His beloved child. When a person davens while in pain, as Hashem commands us, this connection becomes a constant source of aid and healing, which gladdens his heart and enlightens him.
(Kovetz Igros Chazon Ish Vol. 2 #2)
