Quote of the Week

For all of the virtues required in the art of childrearing, none is more important - and none rarer - than patience, in parents, in family, in friends; patience to allow the miracle of human development to unfold according to its own internal laws, from birth through infancy and childhood and youth, and even till the moment of death.

1 Corinthians 13 Inspiration

Love always trusts....

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Okay, trust is a hard one for this perfectionist sort of gal.  I guess my motto could be, "It's easier to just do it myself, rather than trust someone else to do it *my* way."  Who says *my* way is right?  Me, of course!

God has been giving me many opportunities lately to turn my trust over to Him and others in my life.  I'll spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say that I'm still working on it.  And He's still helping me to work on it.  ;)

For what it's worth, here's my opinion of "love always trusts." 

Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.  Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.  Commit your way to the Lord; trust Him and He will do this:  He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Psalm 37:3-6

Trust God.  He needs to be the pilot, not the co-pilot.  Even when you are called to make decisions that you don't want to, trust that He has a bigger and better plan than you can even imagine.  Confronted with a tough decision lately, a very wise friend of mine said something that has really stuck with me.  "Sometimes God asks you to do something just to see if you will obey Him and trust Him."  This often requires laying down *my* wants.  In fact, I'm even feeling like it's laying down the desires He's put in my heart.  But who knows how obeying and trusting Him now could lead to fulfilling the desires of my heart in an even bigger way down the road? 

Trust my husband.  Oi.  Who else struggles with this one in some way or another?  No need to raise a hand. 

I trust my husband in so many ways.  In fact, I've grown in this area a lot over almost fourteen years of marriage.  BUT, there are still a few things, mostly little, that I struggle with.  So, instead of letting him take those little things and either sink or swim, I choose to do them myself.  Not only is that bad for him, but it's bad for me, too.  I think anytime we're not in God's will, we will suffer.  Me not trusting my husband to handle certain things puts much unnecessary stress on me.

Trust my children.  This one is surprisingly coming easier to me than I ever imagined it would.  What's one of our main goals as a momma?  To raise children who can be independent, right?  I have been working on giving them my "trust" to tackle certain things on their own ever since they've been little.  Chores, cooking, baking, caring for the animals, choosing some of their own curriculum, helping with some serious farm chores...

The harder ones for me involve trusting them to make good "heart" decisions when I'm not around.  Things like not following the crowd when the crowd rushes into sinful behavior.  Choosing close friends that will walk along the path of righteousness with them.  Trusting that they will remember what the path of righteousness even looks like when the world does its best to hide the path. 

Instead of trusting my children, the job I've *hopefully* done as a parent, and God, I choose often to worry instead.  I choose often to magnify their mistakes instead of allowing them to grow from the mistakes.  Both of these things come from a lack of trust!

Trust Others.  I've had my share of let downs with people - some friends, some strangers.  Just because those people have been untrustworthy, doesn't mean I should go through this world with an untrusting view of people in general.  Be smart, but don't be cynical.  Untrusting people are the grumpies you run across who make you want to turn and run. 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13