Following the thesis – G-d’s is everything- and its antithesis -the soul has autonomous free will- comes their synthesis, the third element of faith: Divine Providence. Divine Providence specifically refers to personal Divine Providence. Even though I have free will and am autonomous, G-d directs everything that happens in my life—helping me and guiding me with every step I take. When an individual decides to embark on a positive path, purifying himself and his life, the Almighty facilitates it.Conversely, when an individual chooses the opposite direction, he is not helped, but an opening is made available, for the measure by which G-d encourages the good is always greater than the measure by which He allows the opposite.
Lessons from the Patriarchs
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