Why do we trust?

Trust is a precious thing. 

As you trust people, and they live up to it, your faith and appreciation for them grows as you learn you can depend on them. But sometimes, we are placed in positions or situations, where our trust seems misplaced, and we are severely disappointed. What about those times when we pray, and ask God if we can trust someone with something important or even precious to us. God often answers with a peaceful feeling of encouragement to trust, or may warn us to Run! . If prompted to trust, we follow the prompting and trust. To our shock, we are sometimes disappointed as the recipient fails to live up to the trust. Some disappointments can be brutal and unimaginable. So why do we trust? If God is real, and really loves us, and really tries to communicate with us, why would he allow or even encourage us to trust someone who failed us in then end? These events can shake our faith, our perceptions of the universe we live in. They lead us to question our very relationship with our maker. Trust in others is not about their living up to trust. Trust is about faith in God. Faith that our Heavenly Father can deliver us from evil, from the consequences of failed trust. Faith that God is watching over us, and that he is all powerful. Faith that he knows our potential, and everyone else's potential. Faith that Heavenly Father is looking after our eternal interests. Each of us chose to come to earth, to live, to receive those parents and family we were given. Hoping our parents will be kind loving, and living angels in our lives. But so many children, are born into death, suffering, drug addiction, even a mortal hell in war torn countries. That first trust is betrayed at birth for so many children. When we pray and ask God if we should trust someone, His answer is often not dependent upon the worthiness of the recipient of our trust, but that we SHOULD trust. The answer does not say that the recipient of our sacred trust will live up to it. Why does God ask us to trust. Simply because people need a chance. People need to be able to prove themselves for good or for evil, to succeed or to fail, in any given situation. After they fail, they may even need another chance. However, sometimes they need to be locked up. Trust, isn't about who we trust living up to it. Trust is about giving others opportunities to succeed. A chance at life, to be brave, to be kind, to feel God's love, to grow. Trust, is about faith in God, that he can deliver us out of the circumstances of other's failures. The more Faith you have in God, faith that he loves you, faith that He wants you to experience those things that will help you grow, and others, faith that He is nurturing you and others, faith that He is after your best interests, the more YOU are able to have trust in others, and not even worry about if they fail you. I m not telling you to hand your baby to that scary looking stranger. But, trust as much as you safely can. Pray. But don't become angry with God after the people you trust fail you. Somehow, somewhere, there is a purpose. Sometimes we don't see the real fruits of those failures for years to come. But there is a purpose. Heavenly Father is the greatest strategist and choreographer of life. Sometimes His plot takes years, decades, and eras to finalize. There are times, after someone has truly proved themselves as dangerous, that we do need to run. God will deliver you from that.