Parashas Beshalach

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Beshalach where we finally leave Egypt after so many years of hardship and slavery and the last of the Egyptian hardships end with us walking through the Yam Suf on dry land.
Our people in Egypt had become accustomed to Egyptian ways and some had even followed their foreign ways.The Levites remained faithful to G-D and always spoke of G-D's redemption . 
Our Parsha is called 'Beshalach,' which means 'Sent,' for Par'o had sent us from his land.But it wasn't Par'o who was in control and really sending us.It was G-D who had decided the exact moment of our redemption and thus sent us from this land.The first verse states clearly that it was G-D who led us and so,was in full control of all that was happening.HaShem had forgiven us for some of our people following Egyptian ways and this can be seen in the name of this Parsha ,which is 'Beshalach,' for within this word is the Hebrew word ,'Selach,' which means 'Forgives.'With the 'Bet' Hebrew letter in front it becomes 'To or within forgiveness,' for HaShem was allowing us to be forgiven and walk toward Him ,coming closer to Him and away from Tum'a .
It was at the Yam Suf that Par'o finally acknowledged that HaShem Is G-D and as our Rabbis state,it was this Par'o who never returned to Egypt but went toward Nineveh,where he became ruler and it was to him that the prophet Yonah was sent.We see in that story that this time the king of Nineveh did try to repent and called upon the Ninevites to fast and do likewise.G-D forgave them . No matter how far a person turns away from G-D , HaShem is eternally merciful to accept that person's forgiveness always if they turn back to Him with a full heart of repentance.
The Jews left Egypt and G-D did not want to send them by way of the Philistines for, as the Torah says 'Ki Kartov Hu,' - 'It was too close,' which meant that in the time of Avraham and Abimelech , an agreement of peace was promulgated to stand for their generation and the next and the following one and this following generation was still alive. So HaShem turned the Children of Israel back toward Egypt to stop by the Sea of Reeds - the Yam Suf near ba'al tzefon which was actually where the idol baal stood .Par'o had sent spies with the Children of Israel to see if they would come back after the 3 days originally requested for and when we did not return to Egypt,the spies reported this back to Par'o.Pharoah ,thinking (how wrong they were) the idol baal had stopped us from travelling further,thinking it had weakened us (as HaShem knew he would think),took 600 of his best chariots and they headed toward us.
The site of the oncoming Egyptians causes panic yet Moshe and Aharon assured the people that G-D would fight for us . Some of the people displayed such faith in G-D that they walked into the Yam Suf before it opened . G-D split the Sea for us with His miraculous Power , causing the water to split into 12 passage-ways so each tribe could walk through in their tribe .The water glistened with a sweet fragrance and any of our people who were thirsty,needed to only stretch out their hand into the water and sweet tasting water came lightly to them to drink. G-D ensured that we walked on dry ground till the other side,while the Clouds of Glory surrounded us and the pillar of fire that led us through the night,stood as a barrier between us and our enemy.The water walls were transparent and decorated with sparkling mosaic shapes so as to allow us to gain confidence at our fellow tribes as we saw them through the walls also happy and walking free. HaShem allowed the Egyptians to pursue us when we had almost reached the other side and the Egyptians faced their worst nightmares and the waters came in torrents back on them like a solid mass.The Sea floor became muddy for them as they had made us stand in the mud of the brick pits while the Angel Gavriel stood on the side of the Walls of water by the pathways for us .Our Rabbis say the Egyptians suffered over 200 plagues at the Sea ,each one, a midda knegged middah punishment for what they did to us.Never before had any nation witnessed the love of G-D for His people as we witnessed G-D show us in Egypt and at the Sea . Those of our people that straggled behind, G-D reached out His Right Hand and lifted them to the shore in safety while He His Hand held the Egyptians away from us,turning them over and over in the depths of the Sea . 
Moshe and the people looked upon the dead Egyptians that the Sea threw out and how G-D stood for us and performed such Mighty Awesome miracles and they started to sing Shira .Within the words of this Shira ,we read the gratitude that our people felt at the Might of G-D and His protection over us and also within the words of this Shira ,are prophetic words for the future .Miriam too and the women also sang Shira to G-D .The angels too wanted to sing Shira but G-D did not permit it as He said that all people are His children and His children (the Egyptians) were dying in the Sea ,yet He let us sing Shira as we were saved from these Egyptians directly from G-D and deserved to sing Shira in praise of HaShem for His goodness to us,in gratitude.
The fervor of our people's gratitude then , should never be forgotten and we, today need to do the same , for every day HaShem ' Beshalach, ' sends us out into His World to make it a World for Him to dwell within .
It has been many years since that day , but within the heart of every Jew , still sits the awesomeness of this event and the love that our G-D showed us as He carried us on 'Eagles Wings,' as it says in Torah . Note how it says ' on 'Eagle's wings,' not under them , for HaShem ,even today continues to carry us high and shield us from the harm that can come from below as He is between the harm below and us as our shield so that He takes the blows .
HaShem has never left us . He is always with us, sending us out to do His Bidding with love . So many of us don't take time to look deep enough within ourselves to find that ever binding core that ties us close to our Creator . Distance between Him and us is created by us and our actions .Yet G-D is always there to ' Selach ,' - 'Forgive ' us as He sends us out into the World to bring others to His Light and Kindness. We may all wish to be in Gan Eiden , but we are all here for a purpose and that is to make this World a place where HaShem and His Heaven can Dwell . Our job us to not just bring Heaven down to Earth but to bring Earth up to Heaven . His Holy Torah is the guideline of how to do this and His Sweet Light waits at the end of our journey to bring us home as He sends us out - ' Beshalach ,' into the Physical to bring it back to the Spiritual .
There is always a miracle waiting to appear if only we open our eyes and truly look , sending ourselves out of our physicalities and bringing the light in .That Miracle is the Sweetness of the Appearance of HaShem's Shechinah just waiting to be at one ,with us all. 
Our lives have a special purpose.That purpose is G-D's purpose which is the only purpose that is.Let each moment count toward that purpose and be true messengers of HaShem as He 'Beshalach,'-'Sends,' you out to make this world a World of G-D .
With love to HaShem I wish HaShem with love a beautiful sweet precious Shabbos Kodesh with love and to my fellow Yidden , a beautiful sweet precious Shabbos Kodesh with love.