“[Eliezer] said ‘Hashem the G-d of my master Avraham please arrange events for me today and perform kindness with my master Avraham.’ … Before he finished speaking out came Rivkah …” (Bereishis 24:12–15)
Before Eliezer even finished davening he had been answered. His intentions were so pure and his desire to succeed in his mission to find a shidduch for Yitzchak the son of his master Avraham was so powerful that the sheer force of his will enabled him to attain his goal.…
For Hashem saw Eliezer’s true desire and even though he hadn’t yet fully expressed his need it was as if he had already said it all. It was as if the overflowing sincerity and truthfulness of his prayers were spilled out before Hashem and it was superfluous for him to continue speaking for he had already said everything necessary. (Rav Chaim Ephraim Zeitchik ztz”l Maayanei HaChaim)
There are times when my life feels like a stuck zipper: it won’t open and it won’t close.
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