G-d thinks of each person according to his personal and varying needs. It is not necessary that you think of G-d exactly as others think of Him, but it is necessary for you to think of Him as supplying what you personally need. The weak need G-d’s strength. The strong need G-d’s tenderness. The spiritually confident need G-d’s pity for those who are not as spiritually strong or sure. The lonely need G-d as a friend. The fighters for right need a leader in G-d. The fearful need the assurance that G-d holds them in the palm of his hand, and that there is G-d’s Peace that passes understanding which is available to all who earnestly seek it. You may think of G-d in any way you need to. We usually don’t turn to G-d until we need Him.

Each of us has a life long struggle to face, and the result of it is a matter of spiritual life and death. We must work at overcoming ourselves; our selfish desires and our self centeredness. This can never be completely accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can more fully realize that we are not the center of the universe, and that everything and everyone else does not revolve around us at the center. I am only one stone in a vast quarry. I can at least make the effort on a daily basis to conquer the self life and seek day by day to obtain more and more of this self conquest.

The best way to conquer self is by loving our brother. Love comes from thinking of every brother as if he were my blood brother, because we are all in fact children of our creator. This way of thinking makes me care enough about others to really want to help them. I must put this kind of love into action by serving others. Love means no severe of final judgments, no resentments, no malicious gossip, and no destructive criticism. It also means patience, understanding, compassion and helpfulness. If we expect to be loved, we must give love away. You cannot spiritually get or keep that which you do not willingly give away.

Yours Fraternally,

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