Some people believe that God created us, but then left us to live our own life. This is called "deism" which means people believe in one God who created the world, and now has nicely remained for people to live on their own. Other people believe in [the outlook of] Baruch She-amar, which means that certain people believe that God is always active in our everyday personal lives, as the active verbe in Baruch She-amar emphasize. I personally agree with this prayer because I do not believe that God created us and then left us. I believe that if God created us and made us, then he would not just leave the people to do whatever they want to do. God is in our everyday lives, watching us in very step that we take. He knows that we do wrong things and because of that, we have to pray to him to forgive our sins. There is a reason why Jewish people and I pray in the morning. And this reason is to pray to God, which is a chance for us to talk to Him by ourselves. Also, people pray if you know you did something wrong and you want to talk to God for forgiveness. God is part in our everyday personal lives and if He was not, then there would be no reason for the Jewish people to do certain events that happen.
I do agree and connect with Baruch She-amar more than "deism" because I know that God is with me and if I have a problem He will try his best to fix it for me. The way that I feel God is connected to me the most is when I pray. It does not matter where or when, all that matters is that I pray to talk to God individually. When I pray it makes me feel happy because I believe that God can hear me and that he hears me talking to him and saying what is on my mind. There are two specific parts in the prayers that connect me to God the most. One is the Shemah because for this prayer, you have to close your eyes and when I close my eyes, I do not pay attention to anybody else except to talk to God and to pray for Israel. Another prayer is the Amidah. When I take those three steps forward and three steps backwards, it connects me to God. Since the Amidah is mostly silent I get to pray to God better and concentrate on what I want to tell God. These two prayers connect me most to God and make me feel better.
In my own life, I feel God in many ways. When something amazing happens to me, I feel that God is looking down on me and looking out for me. When I am depressed from a loss, I will pray to feel connected with Him. He will look out for me, even though sometimes God can not make things better. God will try to help you and will feel the pain that you have inside your heart. I also feel God in many other ways. I think that God is always with me no matter what, and is right by your side all the time.
(-Kitah Het student)
