Scott
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I get a little skeptical and sometimes cynical about some "christian" people. How do you know "who" to trust? In the past I put a lot of "trust" in certain "Christian" people(friends) and ended up getting burned. The harm gave me an opportunity to forgive, but it did reveal to me that I have poor judgement of charcter. If you say that you believe in Jesus I assume that you are a Christian. This thinking has gotten me into trouble in the past. So who do you know who to trust? Just wondering how others here on the PB work this out...... |
I trust God 100%, everyone else I only trust to disappoint me in some way.
I don't trust anyone until they have proven to me they are trustworthy even in little things, the more little things they are trustworthy in, the more I can begin to trust them with other things.
I don't care if they are Christians or non-Christians, they are still sinners, just like I am...and I don't expect other people to trust me either...until I have proven myself trustworthy to them...sometimes I fail and disappoint.
So what makes a person trustworthy?
Here are a few things I look at:
They keep their word
Their words and actions match
They apologize when they have hurt someone--intentionally or not..if they are made aware of the hurt..they apologize.
They are honest
They are not afraid to say No, if they really don't want to do something, when asked, even if they know the other person may be hurt or disappointed
They take responsibility for their words and actions
They allow others to feel whatever feeling's they are going to feel, and don't try and down play them as non-important. (Feelings are just that, and people need to learn not to react to them).
They respect other people, they don't name call, or brow beat to get their way
They don't try and manipulate others to get what they want
I hope this helps...I'll add more as they come to mind...