{"id":147,"date":"2011-08-11T06:11:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T10:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=147"},"modified":"2016-10-18T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:06:06","slug":"a-song-about-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/08\/a-song-about-trust.html","title":{"rendered":"A Song About Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My husband wrote a song in which he sings a verse that intrigues me. The verse says, \u201cYou become the expression of the power you trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I ask myself, \u201cWho, or what, power do I trust?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Money, my job, my physical senses, electricity, anger, revenge, peers, seclusion, sleep, a set of rules, dieting, a lifestyle, my own plans, meditation\u2026the list can go on.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t really want to be an expression of any these powers. I want to be Cheryl, the expression of Love, Life, Truth, God. I want to trust God. Then I read in <em>Science and Health<\/em>, \u201cMaterial wealth, fame, and social organizations have no authority or influence in the presence of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, I don\u2019t have to &#8220;mistrust&#8221; money, my job, my physical senses \u2026but every day realize the trust I have in God and my expression will be, me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband wrote a song in which he sings a verse that intrigues me. 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