TRUST

I am sure that you find it so amazing how people will expect you to trust them as if they have  never offended you, after so doing.  They might truly be sorry and  a reasonable explanation might have been given for their betrayal, but so often the effects of broken trust is not acknowledged.  If the words, "I'm sorry" could immediately thereafter heal brokenness and emotional hurt, what a peaceful and more loving world we would have.  Unfortunately the words, "I'm sorry" do not so quickly heal the pain and mend broken relationships.  It takes time; healing is a process not a miracle.

When you and I  lived so many years practicing sin, loving the pleasures of this world, and dishonoring our heavenly Father, we have broken His trust in us to live pleasing lives unto Him.  After apologizing unto God through repentance, we don't so quickly break those sinful habits.  We find ourselves having to learn how to TRUST God because we have trusted everyone and everything else but Him. 

How many times have we said, "I'm sorry" to God after fornicating and thereafter did it several times more? How many times have we felt sorry and repented about our deceitfulness and continued to be deceptive unto our fellowman?  How many times have we knowingly sinned by choice, felt guilty thereafter, repented and then did it again and again?  After all of this we are entrusted with the breath of life to once again be afforded the opportunity to prove to God that we are worthy of His blessings, His love, His grace, and most importantly the sacrifice of His only begotten Son.  

There is only ONE way for you and I to prove that we are trustworthy unto God.   We must love the Lord our God with all of our heart, our mind, our soul and our strength and we must also love our neighbour as ourselves.  Can God trust you with the gift of life that you are embracing today? Are you really sorry about your sins? The repentance prayer as your apology unto God means nothing if you refuse to change.  The words, "I'm sorry" likewise means nothing if you refuse to amend your ways.  Trust is not restored by the words, "I'm sorry", it is restored by a positive, sincere change in conduct.