Daily Chizuk #1677

Our job during these days of Elul is to figure out how we can improve inour avodat Hashem and then make concrete commitments on what exactly weare going to do about it. This is one of the ways in which we prepare for theawesome days of judgment ahead. When the evil inclination tries to dissuade usby saying "This is too difficult for you," or "People will laugh at you." Wemust remember, by improving in our avodat Hashem, weare only helping ourselves. Everyone has many needs that they ask of Hashem.Very often, the way He gives us what we need is through the mitzvahopportunities that He sends our way. If we become inspired to take on somethingnew, that inspiration is also m'et Hashemת and we should not let it go without doingsomething about it first.
Hashem presented Yehuda with a big chesed opportunity. Evenagreeing to go up was difficult, but then being the only singer and speaker atan unknown place must have been extremely uncomfortable. That is where Hashemhad the path to his shidduch awaiting. The avodah at times may behard but, as always, according to the efforts are the rewards