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Raptor Eye
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I get forgiveness. I can let go of the desire for revenge, and love the perpetrator, with God's help.
The difficulty comes with trust. Once people have let me down, I don't trust them any more. The relationship will never be the same again. It has been sullied.
The questions are: can I and must I trust them again? How necessary is trust in a relationship? And how does trust figure in our relationship with God? I age complete test in God, but how can God have trust in me, when I'm bound to get it wrong again however much I try to get it right?
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Raptor Eye
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This was a mis-post. Sorry.
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I know what you mean. I know analogies always fail at some point (as I said on the Trinity thread) but I'll use one now: lending money. How many of us has lent friends money and been let down as to repayment? I have. Should we lend again? Is this not like the love of God? "Trust" is really only an expectation that we'll receive something back but true love is unconditional, as is the love of God. So, if we are to love others as we love God...
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Emily Windsor-Cragg
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When I have an experience that teaches me, trust is impossible ... I move on, and --
I adapt my behavior so that Trust is no longer necessary ... there.
And I look for trust someplace else.
:shrug: I don't know if this is right or wrong.
Emily
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