H-shem Will Help in Our Battles

Shelach


A young man valiently struggles to study Rashi
    "I have no fear,' he says.
            'H-shem will help me in my battles.'

A mother patiently struggles to discipline her unruly child.
        'I have no fear,' she says.
            'H-shem will help me in my battles.'

A bread-winner desperately struggles to support his family.
        'I have no fear,' he says.
               'H-shem will help me in my battles.'

A widow endlessly struggles to finally accept her loss.
        'I have no fear,' she says.
            'H-shem will help me in my battles.'

The young man improves in learning. The mother's child matures.
The breadwinner finds it a little easier to make ends meet; and the widow grieves a little less each passing year.

A wayward nation halfheartedly struggles to conquer a land.
    "We fear," the people say.
        "H-shem will not help us in our battles!"

This week as the boy, the mother, the bread-winner and the widow all learn Parshas Shlach.
    Disappointed they all say,
        "Why did the people not know, H-shem would help them in their battles??"