Why do we believe? Why do we trust? Or more importantly, who do we trust? Can we trust neighbors, mere acquaintances that we hardly know? Can we trust our friends, the people we smile for and hang with? Or how about our families, the ones we ache for and laugh with? And how about ourselves, the one person we think we know the best? Think about it...
And then, what if that was all screwed up? What if you found out that you couldn't trust yourself - that you were deceiving you, and all you had done was take advantage of yourself; and therefore, also had taken advantage of the people you had trusted? What happens then? Tables turn. Suddenly, the people you trust the most are those with the most objective opinions, opinions least affected by your self-deceit - In other words, those people who are farthest from you.
It becomes a mess does it not? Welcome to my world...
But what if there's another answer? Could it be that we are not meant to be trusted? If that is the case, then trust would only be warranted by the presence of something trustworthy. And might that not be God? Might His presence determine the trustworthiness of a person? Or, maybe we can't be trusted at all, and only by trusting in Him are we able to suffer all of our deceit and selfishness. In other words; Do we trust people through God, or do we trust God through people?
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