Category: spirituality

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust humans

Psalm 118: 8

People, people, people. I remember when I first started going to church I felt like I couldn’t trust anyone. I’ve been burned in the past so I just assumed that everyone has something in them that could burn you. That belief of thinking that everyone has good and bad, can be a good thing and a bad thing. It can allow you to not have many expectations from people, but also it keeps you from allowing yourself to be seen by others and cultivating true friendships and relationships. I thank God that He made me aware of this, but it hasn’t been easy. Learning how to trust people when you have a constant voice in your head that it’s best to be safe is hard. It keeps you from truly being able to love others and honestly from being yourself. Because how can you be yourself around people you think you can’t trust? Or maybe you can be yourself, but you’re always expecting the other shoe to drop so maybe you distant yourself, but here’s what God has been teaching me… the more I trust Him, the more I can trust others. However trusting others and God is a process. It takes time to heal the wounds that we all have that tell us it’s best to not trust than to be burned again. Yet, having that mindset keeps you in this place of fear that doesn’t allow you from seeing things correctly. If you ever find yourself in a place of suspicion, doubt, anxiety, just know that God doesn’t call us to be that way. It’s not the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit is filled with peace and the Holy Spirit, or also known as intuition, is a quiet voice who won’t scare you away from people. My point is that those anxieties and fears are just wounds that need to be healed. Ask yourself when you do feel those anxieties? At what times do you think your wounds are just showing a little bit more than others? What would it truly cost you to believe the best in others? I know it’s hard because I live it. I’ve been burned in the past, but I’ve also noticed the more fearful and suspicious I am, the less joyful I am, and the more I choose love, I choose God, I choose to trust, the more happier and freer I feel. Like I said, it’s not easy and it’s a whole process. The wounds that we’ve carried since childhood can go really deep. Yet I encourage you, if you’re afraid to trust today, do it, have courage to trust God and do it afraid. God will catch you on the other side of it. Praying for your peace, healing, and freedom from all that holds you back.

Have a blessed week. 🙂