Observing "HP"

Growing up in a Yeshiva education, i was always told the most amazing stories of hashgacha pratis. At first they are cute, interesting, sometimes even funny. But by eleventh grade, these stories smell like forced inspiration. Ironically, in our English class we were discussing the concept of hashgacha pratis and we had to right a few paragraphs relating to the concept. I wasn't in the mood to investigate my life for personal, hashgacha pratis stories, so i was glad when G-D enlightened me with something interesting... Throughout history we see a pattern of the natural outcome vs. the reality. Events are there to destroy us, but instead we flourish. One of these examples takes place almost twenty years after the birth of the State of Israel. At this time, Israel is an inexperienced newborn state. Yet, before the people can take a deep breath, they are threatened with a war from all borders, the 1967 War. Terror, horror, and dread strikes the country. The newly arrived Israelis are boarding up their windows against the threatening bombs from Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. The Israeli authorities are expecting a second Holocaust, a final end to the Jews! However, the outcome of reality is shockingly different. Shortly before the 1967 War is about to end, the BBC channel on the radio announces that the U.N. Is about to declare ceasefire. However, Mosheh Dayan, Menachem Begin, Levi Eshkol and other Israeli Government officials will not let the best opportunity of all time fall to the ruthless hands of fate. Amid the distant sounds of bombs and gunshots, these leaders, who are expecting death, decide on a plan that would capture the Kotel. The Jewish exhausted “sweat-stained paratroopers” walk towards their unexpected reward, the Western Wall. While they thank and praise G-D for the gift, the sun rays are reflecting on the Kotel, making the holy place look golden. And the soldiers break out in singing, “yerushlayim shel zahav,” “Jerusalem of Gold.” All the Jews want is to survive, but instead they get what they never expect, the holiest place on earth!