5/26/2008

Do You Trust Me?

As I was driving home the other night later than I should have been.  God was really dealing with me on TRUST.  I realize that I put my trust in a car that doesn't have adequate brakes, needs it's oil changed and a front end alignment. Saying all that, I still fly around country road corners seeing only 50 to a 100 feet in front of me a lot faster than I should.  

I have let the address book on my blackberry take over my ability to memorize phone numbers. I have let spell check, fix my need to spell words correctly.  I have let my calendar remind me of big dates that I should remember. I have let twitter and the text message replace my sense to pick up a phone and call someone.  These are the things I put my trust in on a daily basis.

 But because of the past year of my life, I have extreme issues when it comes to trusting in people. There is a chance, that I don't trust everyone I should.  There is a chance I don't trust you.  I'm sorry that this is the case.  It's not you, it's me...

Here's the way lack of trust effects me:

I don't delegate well.
Because I don't delegate well, I may work to much.
I double and triple check mostly everything. By doing this, I sometimes forget the important things because I'm too busy double checking other things. 
I'm sometimes more negative than I should be.
I'm extremely skeptical of a person the first time I meet them.... especially young women in their 20's.

Saying all that, I truly appreciate the people I do trust.  I work on a great staff.  I've got great friends, and an incredible family that are helping me get over these trust issues.
I appreciate the people who trust me, my opinions and my views.

What do you trust?  Who do you trust?  What are the things that have replaced your need to trust in yourself?

 Why do we put more trust in the things that are easy?  Why do we put more trust in the things that will never satisfy or give us purpose? Why don't more people trust Jesus as the Lord of their lives?

Is it perhaps because many people look at us (who follow Jesus) like this guy?



 I read in  the bible that following Jesus won't be easy,
 but a tumor exploding out of your leg and getting kicked in the face by a preacher.

 ouch... that's gotta hurt.  


I don't know about all of that, but I do know God is teaching me it's time to trust again, it's time to be vulnerable with the people I do life with.

Trust.... It can be a scary thing.

12 comments:

Steve Bezner said...

Trust...it ain't easy. And, hey, it's almost always painful. Trust is pretty much like love.

And that preacher is freaky.

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