It is painful when trust fails
Trusting unfaithful people when you are in trouble
is like eating with a broken tooth or walking with a crippled foot. – Proverbs 25:19 NCV
This is a two way street. We can give as good as we get on this one.
- There are those who make a habit of backing out of commitments
- There are “friends” that disappear at the first sign of trouble
- There are those that let anger end relationships
We often leave ourselves open to the kind of pain the Proverbs writer describes when we are dependent on others. We have to be very careful of who we trust.
There isn’t much we can do about how others act though.
What we can do, is see this as a good place to apply the golden rule. (Matthew 7:12) When we demonstrate the proper way to be a friend we compel other to be the same way. Never backing out of a commitment demonstrates its importance. Anger should never drive any decision.
Be faithful. Trustworthy. Dependable. This gives you all the power you need to influence others in life, but more importantly toward God.
July 2, 2014
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