{"id":6726,"date":"2025-03-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2025-03-15T16:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:03:04","slug":"trust-the-one-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6726","title":{"rendered":"Trust the One in Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Short and sweet thought for the week\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Many of us are living a story we didn\u2019t expect. When asked as a child what we wanted to be when we grew up, I\u2019m sure we didn\u2019t say homeless, bankrupt, divorced, cancer ridden, lonely, a weary caregiver, jobless, or a parent outliving my children, People don\u2019t expect their house to burn down, floods to waterlog possessions, the death of a spouse, or a car accident leaving them paralyzed. Yet these things happen, even to Christians. How do people live through such devastation without giving up?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major survival key is looking beyond our circumstances. Instead, we should look to God and place our trust in Him (Psalm 141:8). Trusting God will not make our trials magically vanish, but we will no longer be anxious that they will defeat us (Psalm 112:7-8). Trusting God means total surrender without fear or worry, knowing He will take care of us (Proverbs 3:5-6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I think of trusting God I\u2019m reminded of this quote by Christian writer, speaker, and Holocaust survivor Corrie ten Boom. \u201cWhen a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrust in the Lord with all your heart.\u201d ~Proverbs 3:5<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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