For the time being, I am safe.
It is Shabbat and I am preparing to go to bed early. And this is the time my phone...it begins to inform me of the danger that is still miles away from me. Dozens of miles away. Usually dozens of miles away...
At this time it is still distant and I am safe, but I have begun to notice that there is more than one kind of danger. While the rockets are not coming close to me, they have begun to have a profound effct upon me. My spirit grows heavy with every azaka.
I grow weary.
So many alarms on this Shabbat.
I am thankful for what peace there is here in Jerusalem, but it grows thinner with every chance they have to hurl their hate toward us. I do not have to run from the rockets, but many of my people do. I am not one that can stay indifferent indefinitely. This second danger is weariness. I have been praying as is my custom, but I also must add to this regiment of prayer something else to resist the draw on my spirit. Resist
This is something I can be quite good at.