{"id":744,"date":"2019-02-20T19:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.wordpress.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2019-06-10T14:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:39:47","slug":"reflections-on-trust-and-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/2019\/02\/20\/reflections-on-trust-and-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Trust and Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"en-NKJV-14121\" class=\"text Ps-18-2\">The <span class=\"small-caps divine-name\">Lord<\/span> is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-18-2\">My God, my <strong>strength<\/strong>, in whom I will <strong>trust<\/strong>;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-18-2\">My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NKJV-18450\" class=\"text Isa-40-29\">He gives power to the weak,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Isa-40-29\">And to <i>those who have<\/i> no might He increases<strong> strength.<\/strong><\/span> Isaiah 40:29<\/p>\n<p>My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the <strong>Strength<\/strong> of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-745\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-002.backblazeb2.com\/amaryllis-wp-media\/2019\/02\/img_3856.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3856.jpg\" width=\"2733\" height=\"1822\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-17903\" class=\"text Isa-12-2\">Surely God is my salvation;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-12-2\">I will <strong>trust<\/strong> and not be afraid.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Isa-12-2\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> Himself, is my <strong>strength<\/strong> and my defense;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 H<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-12-2\">e has become my salvation.\u201d Isaiah 12:2<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their <strong>trust<\/strong> in Him. Prov. 30:5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trust<\/strong> ye in the Lord forever: for in the the Lord Jehovah is everlasting <strong>Strength<\/strong>. Isaiah 26:4<\/p>\n<p>And those who know your name put their <strong>trust<\/strong> in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-746\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-002.backblazeb2.com\/amaryllis-wp-media\/2019\/02\/img_6340.jpg?w=512\" alt=\"IMG_6340.JPG\" width=\"381\" height=\"509\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the <strong>strength<\/strong> within you is not a big fiery flame for all to see. It is just a tiny spark that whispers ever so softly&#8230;.&#8221;You got this. Keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When we choose faith instead of fear, peace reigns. When we choose <strong>trust<\/strong> instead of control, our hearts are calmed.<\/p>\n<p>God has a reason for allowing things to happen. We may never understand His wisdom but we simply have to <strong>trust<\/strong> His will.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-747\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-002.backblazeb2.com\/amaryllis-wp-media\/2019\/02\/img_6555.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6555.jpg\" width=\"4272\" height=\"2848\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you God, that we can <strong>trust<\/strong> you even though it is hard. Make that real to me and to everyone that reads your promises that have been written down here. Help us to have it deep in our hearts and to truly mean it when we ask you to help us <strong>TRUST<\/strong> YOU!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold&#8230;. <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/2019\/02\/20\/reflections-on-trust-and-strength\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1150,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/1150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaryllismusings.nfshost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}