These are the accounts<\/i>\u2026<\/p>\n
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Let me give you an account<\/p>\n
(Though it is not a bank account<\/p>\n
It is an account you can bank on)<\/p>\n
Of a people, individuals who were<\/p>\n
Accounted for.<\/p>\n
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An account, an open account, of an<\/p>\n
Oasis in the desert, a home made with<\/p>\n
Mundane material but of a Divine nature,<\/p>\n
A resting place big enough to contain a<\/p>\n
World; small enough to contain a cry.<\/p>\n
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It is the most awesome of feats, creating<\/p>\n
Spirit out of matter, it is perhaps the greatest<\/p>\n
Accomplishment of all. But like anything<\/p>\n
Great it is made with \u2013 and of \u2013 the finest detail.<\/p>\n
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Small things:<\/p>\n
Seemingly insignificant things,<\/p>\n
Things that may not hold press conferences<\/p>\n
Or precedent; things that may not make headlines<\/p>\n
Or bottom lines. Things like hooks, shekels, copper,<\/p>\n
Skins, stones, colors, carpentry, angles, measurements:<\/p>\n
Different shapes and different sizes \u2013<\/p>\n
Individuals<\/p>\n
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It takes many individual efforts to break common ground<\/p>\n
Or fix an uncommon world<\/p>\n
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To see the bigger picture you have to focus the smallest pixels<\/p>\n
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Ability & Accountability:<\/p>\n
We have the ability, the ability to do our little part;<\/p>\n
So we are accountable, accountable to the One<\/p>\n
That counts most.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t dwell on it \u2013<\/p>\n
Dwell in it<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t dwell on the challenges \u2013<\/p>\n
Dwell in the moment<\/p>\n
And let the moment dwell in you.<\/p>\n
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The dwelling is built:<\/p>\n
It is time to begin, time to end \u2013<\/p>\n
To end one journey and begin another.<\/p>\n
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Of beginnings and ends:<\/p>\n
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And these are the names of the Children of Israel
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Who came to Egypt\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n
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\u2026And a fire will be in it at night<\/p>\n
Visible to the Children of Israel throughout all their journeys<\/p>\n
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There is a structure that takes us way beyond structure, a dwelling<\/p>\n
Place that dwells within every one of us \u2013 and a fire will be in it<\/p>\n
Even in the darkest night, in the coldest wilderness,<\/p>\n
Through forty-two journeys and a million ups and downs,<\/p>\n
No matter where life takes us or where we take it,<\/p>\n
The fire will be in it, will burn, and light our<\/p>\n
Journey.<\/p>\n
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We have come from afar<\/p>\n
We are going further yet.<\/p>\n
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It may be the end of Exodus<\/p>\n
But it is only the beginning of our journey.<\/p>\n
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Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened!<\/p>\n
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Chazak Chazak V\u2019nitchazek<\/i><\/p>\n