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Placing trust in the trustworthy Divine

Here are four examples of why there’s good reason for relying on God to take care of us.

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What can we do if we’re feeling untethered, without a strong foundation to find solutions? In those moments, it can be helpful to ask ourselves, “Where am I placing my trust?”

The help and advice of well-meaning organizations, individuals, and ideologies can leave us wanting more. But everyone can always earnestly turn to God – our divine Father-Mother. We’ve compiled several articles from the archives of The Christian Science Publishing Society that show how individuals have done just that. God doesn’t leave us on our own. As the expressions of divine good itself, we can trust that God supplies us with all we need, every moment, abundantly.

Learning how God sustains us, and expecting to experience this, we find we don’t lack what we need financially, as the author of “The continuity of good” shares.

Understanding that we have a spiritual identity and what that means for us strengthens our trust in God and brings freedom from health problems, as the author of “Stomach problems healed after finding Christian Science” experienced.

In “Trust God to lead you,” a woman tells how she gained a better sense of how to lean confidently on God from her dancing experience.

The writer of “Trusting God, our divine Dad” describes how it’s hard to remain anxious when we become aware of just how intimately close we are to God.

Inspired to think and pray further about fostering trust around the globe? To explore how people worldwide are navigating times of mistrust and learning to build trust in each other, check out the Monitor’s “Rebuilding trust” project.

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