As I grew older I became very careful about who I put in my circle/space. I’m not that trusting after all. People have disappointed me before.
There are people I’ve respected and they would preach certain things but do the opposite of that. That is so disappointing to me on so many levels. Maybe I place too many expectations on people? I don’t know.
Let me tell you a short story…I love keeping my stories way too short, don’t want to bore you LOL. I remember one time I was going through a rough patch, some very serious things. I decided to confide in someone who was a friend and mentor. This person was so comforting and said all the things I needed to hear at the time. I felt safe, I felt cared for, I felt loved, but not for too long, until the friend decided to share the issue with other people.
So whenever this friend would have conversations with their other friends, they would keep bringing up my name as part of their “reference” and I was an example of almost EVERYTHING. Someone decided to tell me and warn me about this friend.
You see I’m very much confrontational, so I never leave things hanging. I decided to speak to my friend/mentor and find out why I was being made examples of. All I got from this friend was “Oh come on it wasn’t that serious”. That’s when my jaw dropped. I felt disrespected and disappointed in them as I had spoken with them in confidence. So since then, I knew when to share and who to share things with. I’m not that trusting anymore.
People disappoint you when you least expect it. Every time I’ve trusted people in the past I’ve been let down, so now it’s easier and less painful to just rely on myself and God.
The main reason we should trust God is that He is worthy of our trust. Unlike men, He never lies and never fails to fulfill His promises. God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change his mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? Unlike men, He has the power to bring to pass what He plans and purposes to do. God is worthy of our trust, and our trust in Him will grow daily. To know Him is to trust Him.
Maybe you feel a similar way, and even if you don’t, you’ve possibly experienced broken trust in a past relationship that has caused you to question whether or not it’s worth trusting again. Maybe you’ve confided in someone and they decided that your “secret” and what you going through is worth sharing to other people and laugh about it. If you been through a similar situation, do share your story with us, how did you handle it, did you stay friends with those people? Click on the banner below.