Trust is such an interesting thing. It's very interactive. It's almost like it has layers. You can build up its strength by adding layer upon layer through your trustworthy actions. For example, think of a piece of paper and realize how easy it would be to tear it and rip it into a million pieces. However, by adding more and more sheets of paper, as in a phone book, and it becomes next to impossible to rip or tear apart. The same holds true for trust. By our actions we can either strengthen or weaken the trust we've built with others.
1corinthians 4: 2 says; those who are trusted with such an important task must show that they are worthy of that trust.
I know for me, I struggle to,open up, tear down walls and allow others in to my soft and vulnerable heart. And they must show me they are trustworthy. That all of these deeply private things are something they will take seriously and protect the same way I have. And then once that trust has been built and strengthened over time it has to be taken care of. See with every untrustworthy action we remove a layer and the overall trust is weaker for it. To ask someone to maintain that same level of trust is an impossibility. Now that is not to say that through time and actions we can't rebuild the trust. I believe we can rebuild, and in time make it even stronger. But that has to be worked for and built back up.
Where I have failed in these areas I pray for forgiveness and where others have failed me I pray for the power to truly forgive. Love is to be shared and given to all, however,Trust is a reward for actions it is not freely given.
God bless and keep you, Ms. Jill
2 comments:
You are absolutely correct my sister! It is so hard to regain the trust that was lost when someone you put everything into and they deceived you. But who are we to hold grudges by not forgiving them? In Proverbs 3:5 It says... Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. This verse can apply to forgiveness too. Because when you truly forgive someone you are truly trusting the Lord! Luke 17:3-4 says... Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times saying "I repent", you must forgive him.
Yes mam! True words! Forgiveness is a journey, and I'm traveling and trying. Thanks so much for the comment :)
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