I recently saw a beautiful thought from the Elder of Kelm. He uses the following, interesting term,
נס מלובש בטבע
“a miracle clothed in nature”
Sometimes you see something clothed in outer garments, like an actor wearing the clothing of the character he’s portraying.
At a dress rehearsal you put on external clothing.
He says that we have to live life understanding this concept, that beneath that clothing, there is a miracle going on, but we have to clothe it in nature.
No matter what we do in life, we can never forget there’s a miracle going on. We don’t see the miracle because there is a costume over it.
It’s נס מלובש בטבע
A miracle clothed in nature
It’s interesting that on Purim we wear costumes. There are various reasons for this- one is that it’s because Hashem hid himself.
But this can be a new explanation; because we want to learn the lesson of this concept called
נס מלובש בטבע
a miracle clothed in nature.
He explains with a mashal- It’s a real story, but he says that we should think of this story in order to make this more comprehensible. He said Elisha was trying to bring a child back to life, doing Tehiat Metim.
It says that he put his mouth on the lips of the child, “To warm up his flesh.”
Hold on.
He was doing a resurrection of the dead. He was trying to bring the dead back to life... Did he really need to warm up his lips? Was there any nature going there?
He explains that this is a perfect image of what נס מלובש בטבע a miracle clothed in nature means. It was an open miracle. But still, it was covered in natural clothing.
He says that when a person goes to work, or takes a Tylenol in order to heal a headache, no matter what you do, you have to constantly re-iterate this concept and believe that it’s
נס מלובש בטבע
We have to believe it is a miracle covered in nature.
He says that it is all in our minds and we have to constantly repeat it.
Rav Wolbe speaks about this as well. He says that in order for a person to live the proper Bitachon life, “it’s two opposites in the same topic.”
You might be working and sweating, putting effort forth, but at the same time you must know that it is a miracle that is going on.
It has now been one year since the corona/Covid pandemic started.
If we were to go back and listen to our classes from a year ago, we’d see that there was a lot of uncertainty, and a lot of worry. There is still uncertainty and worry.
But if we spoke to businessman one year and two months ago, and asked him if there was any possible chance that he could conduct his business without going to the office ( there are people that haven’t been to their office for almost a year) or if he could keep his business going with all of his sales people working from home, he would think that it would be impossible.
And if we went through all the changes to how life runs now, compared to how it was before, we’d see that somehow, there are many people that are still able to support their families, one way or another. This should tell us that it was always נס מלובש בטבע
a miracle clothed nature
A man making his parnassa is always a miracle.
The costume changes over time. It used to be that you went to the office, and had everyone sitting around the table. But now the costume has changed to Zoom meetings.
But if we think about all the people that Baruch Hashem made it through the year, we never could have predicted this.
What is going on?
What has happened?
Remind yourself of this concept
נס מלובש בטבע
It’s a miracle clothed in nature.
We can’t possibly say that we know what we are doing or that we were able to possibly design this, but after a year like this, it is the biggest proof. Baruch HaShem we are still here. We should celebrate that, and understand these three, powerful words.
I’m not sure whether the Elder of Kelm came up with this term himself, or if it shows up elsewhere.
נס מלובש בטבע
A miracle clothed in nature.
That is our life.
It’s a miracle clothed in nature.
This is a beautiful way of looking at things, and as the Elder of Kelm says, it is all in your mindset and in your attitude. We are living in
נס מלובש בטבע
miracles clothed in nature.
Have a wonderful day.