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Just for a Moment | |
A good story gives us a hint of the happy ending but then whisks it away with a giant or a curse or a virus or a fire. | |
After all, ever after isn’t forever. Not in a real story. It just means time. | |
But, Dear God, our story has had too much of fiery sky and flooded ground, and the hint of the happy is washed and burned, feels so very faded, and we need more rainbow skies and dewy ground, to remind us of the happy. | |
So, Holy One, just for a moment, please: let lovers find each other, let friends forgive, let our souls heal, let love be the loudest sound our hearts make. Just for a moment. | |
Remind us of the promise of a world reborn. | |
Or, perhaps, You’re the One who’s waiting to be reminded. |
“Just for a Moment” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor on his Facebook page, and shared through the Open Siddur Project via our Facebook Discussion Group.
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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17
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