Welcome Back Gilat Shalit- It is Great to Have You Back Home
Again!
When the flood was over and the water subsided, God told
Noach and his family: (Beisheet 8:16) “Depart from the ark, yourself and your
wife, your sons, and your son’s wives with you”.
After everything that they had been through it should not be
a surprise that Noach and his family were hesitant to return to reality,
readjust and start anew.
Before Gilad Shalit was released, we didn’t know what his
condition would be, how he would look or how he would readjust to society.
When Gilad returned we were relieved to see that although he
lost a considerable amount of weight he was doing relatively well.
Now that Gilad is back home, he is taking his time to
readjust.
In the Israeli newspapers we get a daily report of what
Gilad is up to. He has been seen riding a bicycle, spending time with friends and
going to the beach. The Knesset invited him to sit in on their next meeting and
he was invited by Maccabi Tel Aviv to attend a basketball game but he declined
both offers. Gilad needs to take small steps in order to readjust to this world
after spending over five years in the dark. This week he is going to have a
full medical exam and have his physical wounds from when he was captured taken
care of. The harder part is going to be the emotional part, when he will have
to tell his whole story, almost reliving the horrors of being in captivity.
Starting over is never easy, especially when you now have to
go outside in sunglasses since you were forced to live underground for over
five years without sunlight.
The fact that Noach and his family were able to start the
world anew after seeing the entire world destroyed by a flood should give us
hope that no matter how difficult a situation we may be faced with we have the
ability to pull through and carry on.
