The Barber

Wow! It has definitely been way too long since I last blogged but fear not fellow readers I am back :) 

B"h I've been MIA from the blog for only good reasons. I recently got engaged to a wonderful guy and between wedding prep, work, and school you could say I've been pretty busy! 

With my Grandfather's Yartzheit approaching I figured there's no better time to get back to blogging. 

As a religious Jew I strongly believe in G-d.

In His existence, His power, in Him being the essence of every single thing in my life. 

That's not to say that I don’t ever have doubts. Especially living in challenging times where so much of G-d is concealed. But no matter how difficult the struggle it is so important to never lose faith. To always remember G-d is there and waiting for us to come to Him.

The following is a cute story with a powerful message in hope of inspiring a little faith:

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of these things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."

"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens is, people don't go to Him."

G-d is anxiously waiting for us. He is there all day, every day readily available to listen to all that we have to say. There is no matter too trivial or petty that He does not want to hear. Take advantage of that!


Wonderful Shabbos to all :) :)