Over the course of the past few months, my trust for many people has been in the process of dying. Yesterday, I took a stand. I found out that someone that I called my best friend at one time, lied to me [i]again[/i]. She has lied to me on several occasions and, as you can probably guess, I have been very hurt by it. Each time, I have confronted her about the situation, and she has apologized and we have made up. This time, it is harder for me to forgive her. She has been forgiven, but only because I have been given the strength from God to do that. However, I really just do not think that I can call her a friend any longer. She has lied too many times and she has hurt me way too much. Keep in mind that this is only one instance in which my trust has dwindled away. This is the one that bothers me the most. The others are longer, more complicated stories, so I will not be sharing them, but I just wanted you all to understand why my trust is nearly gone. I think God has used this to teach me that I should trust no one but him. Growing up, I have always heard, "Kayla, keep your trust in God because he is the only one who will not let you down." That statement is so true, and I have not realized it until recently. Every time I heard it, I just blew it off and did not really think about it. Now, it is doing a lot for me. [color=#000080]. . . and put your trust in the Lord. -Psalms 4:5 (KJV)[/color] Good advice, I do believe. [color=#000080]Trust ye not in lying words. . . -Jeremian 7:4 (KJV)[/color] [color=#000080]Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in the bosom. -Michah 7:5 (KJV) [/color] That last verse from Michah pretty much just called my name. The first 6 words taught me so much. *face/palm* I'm going to re-word that. God used the first 6 words to teach me a lot. That's better. Now, please realize that I am not saying that I do not trust anyone. I trust several people to an extent, but I just can not expect much from them. Later on in life, I'm sure God will send someone my way that I should trust 100%, whether it be a future husband, or just another friend. If God speaks to me and tells me to trust them, I will follow the command. Now I realize, though, that God is the only one that will not let me down and it will always be like that. I'm thankful that I have a friend that I can tell anything to. I'm thankful that I have a friend that will not lie. I'm thankful that I have a friend that will not stab me in the back. I'm very, very thankful.

*hug* God's good like that :)

That was amazing Miss Kayla! God really spoke to me through that! :hug:

Kezia- Indeed he is. :) Hannah- Good to hear. :hug:

There is also this whole thing about forgiveness. Most of the time you forgive not for the person but for yourself because you are never going to be able to move on and grow if you don't forgive.

Over the past month God's really been teaching me how to fully forgive someone instead of just saying I forgive them but not actually letting it go. It feels so awesome when you can truthfully say you forgive someone... it brings such peace :)

Exactly. And sometimes you forgive just because God said so because you wouldn't any other way.