do i trust what he says?
do i trust what he promises?
do i trust that he will never leave me?
do i trust that he can make something good come from my mess?
do i trust that he knows what is best for me?
do i trust that when everything seems to be falling apart around me, he will still take care of me?
because that is when trust is tested...
when i have no more control over the situations around me, over the people around me, over what might happen in the next few moments...
that is when my trust of him is tested...
and then i realize -- that's how it has always been anyway!
i have no control over the situations around me.
i have no control over the people around me.
i have no control over this world.
i have no control.
i am not in control.
and then, i have two choices: fear or trust.
fear because i realize i have no control.
but, i will not choose fear.
i will choose trust.
i trust god.
i trust him to know what is best for me.
i trust him to lead me in the paths down which i need to go.
i trust him.
i trust his love for me.
i trust in his love.
"Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first."
--I John 4:7-19
and that is the kind of love i can trust...
