{"id":11817,"date":"2022-07-06T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=11817"},"modified":"2022-07-06T11:32:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:32:14","slug":"fear-or-trust-which-will-you-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/spirituality\/fear-or-trust-which-will-you-choose\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear or trust? Which will you choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Full disclosure: I was never a big <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.santana.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Carlos Santana<\/span><\/a> fan. Okay, I wasn&#8217;t really a fan at all. That is unless <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robthomas?__cft__[0]=AZUgP5k0T4jFHlvQHkRKwC041CfCeV1GX6AlAygwriK2vgXowdbTz7J1iwwPpxz8o0HeCd-Cl8zLsjHnWdUmrhNOHLTRO8WgINHa-j3QnQB06Z2yVBRiobqoeVUZOHzvfMFy52N1r8zoFQpiWWyGkpCjqUdvTknszt2yTKRTgC9Uja4gUkiw07hejyeWRcHT52MaQvevXaxvrhxxebJtPUzP&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Rob Thomas<\/span><\/a> was singing as Santana played. But then I heard from multiple sources (my husband being the main one) that Santana&#8217;s autobiography, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Universal-Tone-Bringing-Story-Light\/dp\/0316244902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Universal Tone<\/em><\/a>, was fantastic, especially since he weaves in so much spirituality. They had me at &#8220;spirituality.&#8221; I got the book on <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Audible\/?__cft__[0]=AZUgP5k0T4jFHlvQHkRKwC041CfCeV1GX6AlAygwriK2vgXowdbTz7J1iwwPpxz8o0HeCd-Cl8zLsjHnWdUmrhNOHLTRO8WgINHa-j3QnQB06Z2yVBRiobqoeVUZOHzvfMFy52N1r8zoFQpiWWyGkpCjqUdvTknszt2yTKRTgC9Uja4gUkiw07hejyeWRcHT52MaQvevXaxvrhxxebJtPUzP&amp;__tn__=kK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Audible<\/span><\/a>, all 19+ hours of it, and started to listen. You will now find me asking my <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmazonAlexa\/?__cft__[0]=AZUgP5k0T4jFHlvQHkRKwC041CfCeV1GX6AlAygwriK2vgXowdbTz7J1iwwPpxz8o0HeCd-Cl8zLsjHnWdUmrhNOHLTRO8WgINHa-j3QnQB06Z2yVBRiobqoeVUZOHzvfMFy52N1r8zoFQpiWWyGkpCjqUdvTknszt2yTKRTgC9Uja4gUkiw07hejyeWRcHT52MaQvevXaxvrhxxebJtPUzP&amp;__tn__=kK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Amazon Alexa<\/span><\/a> to play various Santana songs (My family has been singing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J7ATTjg7tpE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oye Como Va<\/a>&#8221; because of this), and sometimes I just pause to write down something that sticks with me, like today&#8217;s quote: &#8220;You can have fear or trust, but you can&#8217;t have both.&#8221; Amen. Absolute truth, but so hard to live day in and day out.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">What fear is getting in the way of you trusting God&#8217;s plan, trusting the universe, trusting yourself? Can you take a deep breath and exhale that fear out? Can you trust you are where you are meant to be? Fear or trust. Which will you choose?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full disclosure: I was never a big Carlos Santana fan. Okay, I wasn&#8217;t really a fan at all. That is unless Rob Thomas was singing as Santana played. 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