{"id":7028,"date":"2025-08-19T17:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:29:19","slug":"gratitude-and-seeing-daily-dvar-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/gratitude-and-seeing-daily-dvar-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude and Seeing (daily d&#8217;var)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6675 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pica-flowers.jpg?resize=150%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"155\" \/>We are instructed to look for small miracles, everyday &#8220;signs and wonders&#8230;&#8221; In the Torah we read: \u201cAnd you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.\u201d (Deut. 8:10), which the sages say implies that whenever we derive benefit or enjoyment from something we are to bless (i.e., thank) God for his goodness.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>In this very short d&#8217;var, or &#8220;word&#8221; of Torah, I discuss how that a grateful attitude opens the eyes of the heart.\u00a0 I hope you find it helpful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7028-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dvar08-29-24.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dvar08-29-24.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dvar08-29-24.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>For more information see the <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrew for Christians<\/a> web site.\u00a0 Shalom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are instructed to look for small miracles, everyday &#8220;signs and wonders&#8230;&#8221; In the Torah we read: \u201cAnd you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.\u201d (Deut. 8:10), which the sages say implies that whenever we derive benefit or enjoyment from something we are to bless (i.e., thank) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy-theology","category-h4c-podcast","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7029,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions\/7029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}