4th time lucky......

this is the fourth blog i have started.
every time i sit there reading other jewish blogs on the interweb and sit there thinking "i can do this", "i have alot to say, just make a blog, and use it as a platform to tell the world" and i do, i get involved, i write one blog, and then forget about it.
however i have come to the conclusion enough is enough. time to do it, just jump in at the deep end, so here goes.....

first off i want to explain the story behind my blog name, fear from love, it is based on the fourth and fifth of the six constant mitzvot.
we are told to Love G-d and then to Fear G-d, obviously many people on a simplistic level are unable to get a true connection to these mitzvot, because people lack knowledge of the purpose behind them.

People tend to think the six constant mitzvot (from here on referred to as the 6CM) are six obligations to constantly have on your mind. The secret is deeper than that, the 6 are 6 realities that we shape our life around, these 6 define us, the fact we believe and know they are truth means we act accordingly. But more on this at a later date.

Today i want to focus on Love and Fear, its not that we should fear Him because we are scared of punishment (although i dont like the word punishment, but again not for now!(2 more blogs to come!) ultimately the two go hand in hand we Love G-d so therefore we Fear Him, and i have heard from a respectable Jerusalem based posek that when we Fear Him we fear losing Him.
Our Love for him is so strong that we do everything we can to keep the realationship going, and we Fear doing things that would disturb the relationship.

An analogy would be of a man who comes home from work and as he stands at the doorstep about to walk inside he realises it is his wifes birthday, and he has no gift, no flowers, no diamonds. He becomes worries, he fears the upcoming confrontation. does he fear his wife hitting him over the head with a frying pan, maybe, but if thats the only fear then his relationship is in truoble. the point is he fears his relationship with his wife suffering. so too we fear not because we want to stay away from the deep recesses of hell (3rd blog inspiration) but rather we fear losing our realtionship with G-d, and if we truly love G-d that should be enough to prevent us from behaving in the wrong way.....

gotta go, but more on this later.

peace
FFL