{"id":2815,"date":"2019-09-26T08:25:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2019-09-26T08:25:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:25:38","slug":"a-matter-of-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/09\/26\/a-matter-of-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"A Matter Of Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Psalms 5<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them.(Psalms 5:11)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>A news item from Australia told the story of Pascale Honore, a paraplegic woman who, after 18 years of being confined to a wheelchair, has taken up surfing. How?<\/div>\n<div>Ty Swan, a young surfer, straps her to his back with duct tape. After getting the balance perfect, Ty paddles out into the ocean so they can catch a wave and Pascale can experience the exhilaration of surfing. This requires a tremendous amount of trust; so many things could go wrong. Yet her confidence in Ty is enough to enable her to enjoy a dream come true, in spite of the danger.<\/div>\n<div>Life is like that for the follower of Christ. We live in a dangerous world, filled with unpredictable challenges and unseen perils. Yet, we have joy because we know Someone who is strong enough to carry us through the churning waves of life that threaten to overwhelm us. The psalmist wrote, \u201cLet all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You\u201d (Ps.\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\">5:11<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div>In the face of life\u2019s great dangers and challenges, we can know a joy borne out of our trust in God. His strength is more than enough!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>PRAYER<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>I\u2019m so glad I learned to trust You, Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend; and I know that You are with me, will be with me to the end.Amen.<br \/>\nTHOUGHT FOR THE DAY<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Our faith is stretched by exchanging our weakness for God\u2019s strength.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Christian Education Forum, Diocese of NAE of the Mar Thoma Church<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalms 5 Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them.(Psalms 5:11) A news item from Australia told the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Psalms5.jpg?fit=560%2C374&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}