Love and Trust Are Inseparable

 

 

 
Love and trust are inseparable. You can’t have one without the other.

That was the quote on my perennial calendar today. The meaning of the quote turned on a light in my mind and provided me with an answer to something I’ve often struggled with and have been struggling with a lot lately and that is: I love the Lord but I often have a hard time trusting him….especially when suffering personal disappointments or going through some unexpected twists in my life.

 

“Bitter Smart”

I’m not that far along in my years, yet I have gone through my fair share of difficulty both physically, spiritually and emotionally. Sometimes I let the struggles or difficulties teach me lessons that God wants to teach me or give me compassion and understanding for others, but I have to be honest sometimes I let struggles or difficulties, especially those that time hasn’t healed yet, or that don’t make sense at all, turn my heart somewhat “bitter smart”.

I tend to blame myself, others, circumstances or my environment for most of my of the bad things that happen. But the problem is that since I’ve given my life to God and believe what He says in the Bible that “all things work together for good to them that love him” then there must be something wrong with promise or sometimes I start to think God has made some kind of mistake. I often end up getting upset and angry at Him for allowing bad things to happen to me, especially when I don’t see the “works together for good” part. What this quote clearly says is that if you love God fully you have to trust Him fully.

 

The “Acid Test”

When I thought about it, I realized: If you’d just pull me off the street and ask me if I love God, I would definitely answer you with a firm “yes” but if you were to ask me if I completely trust him for everything that happens in my life good or bad…well, as much as I know what the answer is…..I would be much less affirmative and a lot less concise. It really shouldn’t be that way but unfortunately that is the way I often look at things. The message of the quote is so simple, true, and convicting, yet so hard to fully and honestly accept.

Love=Trust

All that to say, today’s quote gave me some unexpected deep soul feeding and I see how I need to love God more by trusting him more. With the end goal of loving and trusting Him fully and completely, come what may….but I’ll let you know when I get to that point.

PS: I took the photo below a few days ago at the beach nearby. It gave such a warm peaceful feeling that I decided to include it with the post.