Who Has Your Heart? - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

Mhm. >> You know, when the Hafetz Chaim lost his son, he said something very powerful. The Hafetz Chaim said, "That now that I lost my son, I could direct all my love to Hashem. I could direct all my love to Hashem." You only have a certain amount of love that you could give in this world. You give your love love to your wife, you give your love to your spouse, to your children, to your siblings, to your mother, your parents, your father. There's a certain amount of love every single person has. But you could only devote it to certain amount of places. Hashem says, "Take all that love and I want you to give it towards me as much as you can." Of course, you have to love your family, you have to love other people also. But whatever is left, give it over to me. But if you're going to love your family and also sports, and you're going to love politics, and you're going to love food, then how much love is going to be left for Hashem? Hashem says, "I I gave you the concept of love so you could use it towards me." And so, when we speak so highly about this sports athletes, and we talk about, you know, all these people we're obsessing with, or the president and the the mayor and the the singer and this actress, you're basically showing that your love is going towards those places. But Hashem says, "The more you talk like this, the more you are using that love that you could have been using for me towards them, and I want you to use it towards me." And that's why Hashem created love, so that we could use it all towards him. That's what the Hafetz Chaim meant when he said, when his son passed away, he says, "Hashem, my love was for you and for my son it was equal. I mean, it was shared. But now I am going to take all that love and I'm going to use it towards you." So, that's why it's it's important not to give credence to the secular world and other things, cuz Hashem really wants us to use that love towards him. The Chovot Halevavot says we we have to dedicate all our love to Hashem. Don't say, "I love that singer, I love that basketball player," because you're taking away from your love from from Hashem.