Friday Matters

Everyday Love VS Trust

Can we love someone and at the same time not trust them? Yes because if someone is repeatedly stealing money from us, we can still love them, but we don’t give them access to our bank account. We show compassion for an alcoholic by offering our help. We also show compassion by not “enabling” the alcoholic by protecting them from consequences for their bad actions. Many times, consequences are the “severe mercy” that is needed to get their attention. The caution is to make sure we have not elected ourselves as their jury and judge.

It's the Holy Spirit who guides and directs us in how we should move forward in love which might be setting a boundary or not continuing in conversation with someone when they repeatedly spew out garbage to us. Often, we post and proclaim our hurt more than we pray about it. Trust in God who loves you and the other person. He’ll take care of you both. He loves you more than you know, no matter who you are or where you’re at…everyday.