Last night we counted Day 28 of the Omer, which is 4 weeks of the counting. Today is referred to as Malkhut sheh b’Netzach, shekhinah within endurance. Shekhinah is a way of looking at Malkhut (meaning kingdom). When God or godliness dwells in one central location, you have a kingdom.

Netzach Image Reaching for all that is within life.
Courtesy of Jennifer Judelsohn from her Sefirot collection of paintings.
Wrestling with life is what I do. I seek answers to questions that lack responses and I often feel alone as I navigate the current realities of life. Throughout each step of the journey, there is always a choice about how I navigate wherever I am going. When I walk gently, the shekhinah can be felt within the struggles, within the questions, and even within the answers. All of this ultimately is my personal endurance.
With each and every reality, I openly endure what is and for the most part I have found gifts within the challenges. As a seeker, I am constantly exploring the questions and answers within life. I am moving forward. I am reaching for clarity, for understanding.
Malkhut sheh b’Netzach, shekhinah within endurance.
Counting the Omer has become a powerful way to personally guide how I walk through the world with the daily and weekly teachings. As long as Godliness is part of my journey, the shekhinah will ultimately prevail within life’s interactions, within the malkhut.
My hope is that I am one of many who are on this journey. To create Malkhut sheh b’Netzach, shekhinah within endurance, we need to be actively engaged in making the world a better place. And when and where this occurs, we will find the shekhinah in our midst, within our kingdom.
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