Two Kinds Of Searching

I read last night in the Doorposts of Your House that there are two kinds of searching:

The first kind of searching is searching to find something that is lost. Searching and finding are two different acts. The search ends when the lost item is found.

Searching for God is not that kind of searching.

The second kind of searching is like listening to a piece of music. The final climax of that music may be the end of that piece of music, but is worthless without the musical moments that preceded it. The discovery of the entire piece of music is the climax.

That is what my relationship with God and search for God is like. Judaism is a circle because the learning about God and His wonders continues year round. There is always something new to learn and discover. G-d is so huge, that the entire experience of learning about G-d and believing in G-d is the climax.

How exciting that thought is!

I can listen to a piece of music over and over. The same goes with my God.

I'll end this post with this thought from the V'a-hav-ta. I've pasted this in other posts on this blog and I'm posting it again.

"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Sh'ma Yis'ra'eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad. Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

In an undertone: Barukh sheim k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed. Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever.

V'ahav'ta eit Adonai Elohekha b'khol l'vav'kha uv'khol naf'sh'kha uv'khol m'odekha. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

V'hayu had'varim ha'eileh asher anokhi m'tzav'kha hayom al l'vavekha. And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart.

V'shinan'tam l'vanekha v'dibar'ta bam And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them

b'shiv't'kha b'veitekha uv'lekh't'kha vaderekh uv'shakh'b'kha uv'kumekha when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Uk'shar'tam l'ot al yadekha v'hayu l'totafot bein einekha. And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Ukh'tav'tam al m'zuzot beitekha uvish'arekha. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.