{"id":162,"date":"2022-11-04T08:28:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahcledwynblog.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:28:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:28:36","slug":"how-do-the-waters-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahcledwynblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/how-do-the-waters-open\/","title":{"rendered":"How do the Waters Open?\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0I went to my first Bat Mitzvah last week and was moved by the service and the many messages within the readings and Torah. \u00a0The part that I keep talking about, though, was a midrash that the Rabbi shared. \u00a0Midrash for those unfamiliar with it are stories written as a way to work with and fill in the Torah text. \u00a0This particular story was written to illustrate the parting of the waters as the people fled slavery and Pharaoh\u2019s army.<\/p>\n
 
Go Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The story goes that God told the people to go forward. \u00a0And then they came to the water. \u00a0God did not part the water for them to show them the way through however. \u00a0God said, \u201cGo forward.\u201d So the leader of the people, even though it may have seemed crazy, even though he maybe didn\u2019t really understand why went forward. \u00a0He walked into the water.<\/p>\n

He walked in and God still said, \u201cGo forward\u201d so into the water he went, deeper and deeper. \u00a0Finally the water was up to his nostrils and he was terrified that he would drown, but he kept walking in. \u00a0And that my friends, that faith is what parted the waters. \u00a0The practice of listening to the command to go forward and the action of following, even to the point of risking one\u2019s life is what engaged God and parted the waters. \u00a0I don\u2019t know about you, but I am seeing in every story, the story of transformation.<\/p>\n

I admit that even though I have been through this process countless times, even though I mostly live in a profound trust of the messages I receive from Beyond; this weekend I felt like I was up to my chin in the water and cursing. \u00a0I was afraid down to by bones. \u00a0I could not see how anything might open up. \u00a0I was trying to look over my shoulder to see if there was any way at all to go back. \u00a0But there was none. \u00a0No tracks, and a force ready to re-enslave me is all I saw. \u00a0And when I looked forward all I saw was endless water enveloping me. \u00a0I was sure I was going to drown.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m teetering there. \u00a0Maybe I\u2019m survival floating; remembering that even in the waters I can hold my breath for a bit and then go deeper. \u00a0I want to move forward, so I\u2019ll keep doing so until something opens up or I drown. \u00a0Wisdom says that something will open up one way or another, even if I can\u2019t anticipate it. \u00a0Even if everything looks shades of impossible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n

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\u00a0I went to my first Bat Mitzvah last week and was moved by the service and the many messages within the readings and Torah. \u00a0The part that I keep talking about, though, was a midrash that the Rabbi shared. \u00a0Midrash for those unfamiliar with it are stories written as a way to work with and fill in the Torah text. \u00a0This particular story was written to illustrate the parting of the waters as the people fled slavery and Pharaoh\u2019s army.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I went to my first Bat Mitzvah last week and was moved by the service and the many messages within the readings and Torah. \u00a0The part that I keep talking about, though, was a midrash that the Rabbi shared. \u00a0Midrash for those unfamiliar with it are stories written as a way to work with and fill in the Torah text. \u00a0This particular story was written to illustrate the parting of the waters as the people fled slavery and Pharaoh\u2019s army.<\/p>\n

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