{"id":1965,"date":"2012-11-13T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathrynlopez\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2012-11-13T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T17:12:15","slug":"they-give-their-trust-entirely-to-god-and-are-rewarded-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathrynlopez\/2012\/11\/they-give-their-trust-entirely-to-god-and-are-rewarded-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;They give their trust entirely to God and are rewarded for it.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Pope Benedict Sunday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/pope-benedict-the-inseparable-bond-of-faith-and-ch\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pointed <\/a>to the greatest challenge of surrender. It is the greatest sacrifice, the key to the greatest joy, a life of the fullest freedom: A willing labor and living in service to the Will of God.<br>\nIt\u2019s worth pointing out because the renewal we so desperately need will never happen without it.<br>\nIt\u2019s why the lives of the saints \u2014 told in the most relevant of ways to the modern-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathrynlopez\/2012\/11\/want-to-win-the-race-meet-these-women\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">by Colleen Carroll Campbell in her new book<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathrynlopez\/2012\/10\/where-theres-a-wills-theres-a-way\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Wills in a recent interview<\/a>, are great gifts to us. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict Sunday pointed to the greatest challenge of surrender. 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