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Is God A Rewarder of Dogged Determination and Holy Chutzpah?

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Is God A Rewarder of Dogged Determination and Holy Chutzpah?

The highest compliment that my Jewish grandmother ever handed out:

ā€œSheā€™s got chutzpah!ā€ (pronounced hoot-spuh)

Perhaps thatā€™s because my Jewish grandmother didnā€™t hand out many compliments. (If you lack a Jewish grandmother you may not recognize why that last line is funny).

In my Jewish fatherā€™s home, chutzpah was a good thing. It meant you had courage, strength, bravery, readiness to step out and say or do whatever is needed.

Thatā€™s why, a few years ago, I started posting a Morning Chutzpah on Twitter.

Every day, I provide a quote from a Jewish thinker, writer, entertainer thatā€™s got some pow. Sometimes theyā€™re reflective. Ironic. Zany. Funny. Hereā€™s a doozy:

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51 Comments

  1. David Rupert
    David Rupert on May 18, 2015 at 7:36 am

    Holy Chutzpah! Love it. And so would MY Jewish grandmother. Yes, we need to be dogged and passionate about the right things — the things that God is passionate about

  2. Erin Smith
    Erin Smith on May 18, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    “If today is the worst day of your life, congratulations. Tomorrow has to be better” ~unknown
    Does this count as chutzpah?

  3. janet white
    janet white on May 18, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    Holy Chutzpah, Batman! :~)
    #ilikethistopic!

  4. Sue
    Sue on May 18, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    Excellent! What I needed to read today!

  5. Margaret
    Margaret on May 19, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Huge hug, Sue.

  6. Margaret
    Margaret on May 19, 2015 at 10:54 am

    šŸ™‚

  7. Margaret
    Margaret on May 19, 2015 at 10:55 am

    I love that, Erin!

  8. Margaret
    Margaret on May 19, 2015 at 10:55 am

    Amen, David!

  9. Mike Swords
    Mike Swords on May 19, 2015 at 11:13 am

    Beautiful. A friend sent this while we were praying for someone else today. I prayed for your healing too. God bless you.

  10. Sophia DeLonghi
    Sophia DeLonghi on May 19, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Your way with words digs deep into my heart! Thank you! I have chutzpah! I am feisty but I need to be even more so in my requests and persistence with God! Thank you for your heart!

  11. Margaret
    Margaret on May 20, 2015 at 10:17 am

    Thanks for reading, Sophia!

  12. Katie
    Katie on May 20, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    I love this! A beautiful tenacity. A fight to pursue all of His promises. All that He has for us.

    Committed to feisty right along with you. Thanks for the reminder!

  13. Estelene
    Estelene on May 28, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    I enjoyed reading this. We can learn so much from sharing our faith traditions. Before I moved out of the area, I attended a Presbyterian church in Bethesda, Maryland that shared sacred space and some educational programs with a Jewish congregation. Such a unique place! I wish there were more such churches that encourage us to focus on what we have in common than what is different about us.

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