{"id":969,"date":"2016-01-04T06:41:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T11:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=969"},"modified":"2016-01-04T06:41:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T11:41:06","slug":"jan-4-the-power-of-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 4 \u2013 The Power of Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Jan. 4 \u2013 The Power of Trust\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=969\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/010416_1141_Jan4ThePo1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">This image is powerful for me.  I am afraid of heights and can&#8217;t even imagine myself climbing on the rock formation that is pictured.  If I were to climb, my climbing partner would have to be someone with whom I had <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>TOTAL<\/strong><\/span> trust.  I would literally be placing my life in their hands.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">This has prompted me to consider which people in my life I trust so much that I would allow myself to be as vulnerable as the climber is in the picture above.  My list of people that I trust that much is a short list.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">One of the common qualities each name on this list shares is that I have never seen any of these people fail to follow through on something they have promised.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">Another quality they share is that the react without having to be asked when they see that something needs to be done.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">A third quality they share in common is that they are all people of faith who practice praying on a regular basis.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">I hope that you have people in your life that you can place on this &#8220;Trust List&#8221;.  It is a blessing to be able to trust.  I hope that some people have my name on their &#8220;Trust List&#8221;.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This image is powerful for me. I am afraid of heights and can&#8217;t even imagine myself climbing on the rock formation that is pictured. If I were to climb, my climbing partner would have to be someone with whom I had TOTAL trust. I would literally be placing my life in their hands. This has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=969\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan. 4 \u2013 The Power of Trust<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}