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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: TRUST (07/21/16)
Between people, it means that you have confidence in them to be genuine and honest with you in everything. In religion, trust is synonymous with faith. We trust in God because He is our Creator. We trust Him because He is trustworthy, I mean if God isn't then we are truly messed up! Trust is the way that we look to our spouses and children because they are there for us, no matter what is happening.

Trust, a five letter word which means: "firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something."

This is the dictionary meaning of the word, but how do you define it? Is trust something which is given or is it earned by someone? That depends on who you are trusting in the first place. If it is a person such as a friend or spouse, trust can be easily given to them. If your friend or your spouse does anything in the future to break that trust, then it must be EARNED back, if possible.

Trust between people who are in teams is built as the team works together to accomplish something. Military teams such as the SEAL teams or sports teams like football, baseball, etc. all of these have different levels of trust between the members. Firefighters and policemen and women also have levels of trust, because like in military teams, their lives depend on trusting those who work with them every day.

Spiritual trust and faith are identical because it takes belief in the One Who created us and our lives and the situations that we live in. We have to have a reliable trust in His truth, His ability, and His strength in every possible problem of life, and He is able to do all the things that are necessary for our good and for His Kingdom. We don't have to worry about His ability to heal, to help, to give comfort and to be your Savior because He is able to do all of these things.

If God, and that is a statement which I don't come through easily, created all of the universe and all of the angels and Heaven and has provided for all of our lives from Adam until now, then the problems that we have are not hard for Him to help us with. All that we need to have is trust in His love and ability to take care of you with any problem you may have. Trust and faith in Him are the same, but we tend to disagree on this.

I have faith that God can and will do all that is necessary for me to make it through this week and next week as long as I subject my will to His. Do I trust Him to do these things? Yes! Because He can! Amen?
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C D Swanson 
07/29/16
Heartfelt message that will resonate with all...thanks for the timely and important reminder...

God bless~
Larry Whittington
07/30/16
You had to do some good thinking as you wrote this piece. Keep on thinking as you write. It can come slowly as you put it all together.

I believe the 3,000 believed what Peter told them about Jesus. They then wanted to know what they should do. They then trusted Peter in what they should do as they agreed to be baptized for the forgiveness of their sin.

Trusting is a work of faith.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
07/30/16
I can feel your passion and enthusiasm in your words. You definitely wrote on topic. I do think you might be surprised at how many times you used trust. It's possible to be spot on topic and never use the word once. I'd urge you to read and comment on other entries to get a feel of the many different ways people tackle the prompt each week. My favorite part is when you shared tidbits of your own life. I felt like you were inspired to write this by a higher power! Keep listening to the Holy Spirit's cues. Good job.
Phyllis Inniss 
08/01/16
I agree that we can trust Him because He can do all things. When we can recall the things He has done for us in the most marvellous of ways, we just know we can trust Him. Thanks for this engaging article.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
08/04/16
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