The most challenging part of being a Jew is “Avinu.”  

He’s my Father.  

It’s beyond us, almost, why the King of the Universe, Creator of the Grand Canyon and the Alps, Guardian of Eretz Yisrael, Mastermind of so many details, so much precision, so much life… Why would He be busy with me? Why would it be important to Him to know every detail about me?

You have to understand, it’s a relationship.  He is with us. He is saying, “I can’t build a relationship with people who understand that I’m a King, but don’t understand that I’m a Parent too.  I need a nation that sticks with Me even when I hide, I need a people who don’t take off when the going gets rough, who believe that I’m not just their Power, but their Father. I need people who know it’s personal.”

“I know every one of their names…and I am with them, every day, and all day!”

Avinu!  Our Father!

~ Charlie Harary