{"id":312,"date":"2009-08-30T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/08\/sweet-surrender.html"},"modified":"2009-08-30T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T01:30:00","slug":"sweet-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/08\/sweet-surrender.html","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/07\/surrender-your-problems-to-god.html\">surrendering your problems to God<\/a>.&nbsp; Last month, I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/07\/surrender-your-problems-to-god.html\">surrendering your problems to God<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried it yet?&nbsp; I encourage you to right now.<\/p>\n<p>A way to really solve your weight problems (and all of the others, too) is to surrender them to God. Get on your knees, and put your faith into action. Right now! Say something in your own words, from the heart, like: &#8220;God, I can&#8217;t do this life alone. I need your help. I&#8217;m in your hands.&#8221; Then symbolically reach out and hand your problems over to God. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have a good cry while you&#8217;re at it. Or let out a big sigh of relief. Sometimes, I even laugh to release &#8211; try it &#8211; see the lighter side. While you are at it, take a look at the good things in life and count your blessings. <\/p>\n<p>Cheri, a regular reader, also beautifully<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/04\/surrender-into-his-hands-cheri.html\"> commented on surrender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Share this daily blog with all your friends, please.&nbsp; It would help me and Beliefnet a lot if you&#8217;d spread the word!&nbsp; www.Beliefnet.com\/drnorris<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about surrendering your problems to God.&nbsp; Last month, I wrote about surrendering your problems to God. &nbsp; Have you tried it yet?&nbsp; I encourage you to right now. A way to really solve your weight problems (and all of the others, too) is to surrender them to God. 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