I HAVE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW EMAILS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT....."TRUST AND BETRAYAL".
PRIVATE COUNSELING MESSAGES THAT I WILL NOT DIVULGE EVER.
BUT PEOPLE, CHRISTIAN OR NOT, ALL FACE TRUST AND BETRAYAL ISSUES.
THE WORST COMES FROM THOSE WE ARE TAUGHT WE CAN ALWAYS TRUST: PARENTS, FAMILY, PASTORS, DOCTORS, POLICE, TEACHERS..ETC.
FOR CHRISTIANS IT IS EVEN WORSE, TO PLACE YOUR TRUST IN ANOTHER CHRISTIAN AND TO LEARN THAT THEY HAVE "KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY" BETRAYED THAT PRECIOUS TRUST.
YOU NOTICE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INNOCENT BETRAYAL V. A KNOWING/WILLING BETRAYAL.
EVERYONE IS TNE BIBLE WAS BETRAYED BY THOSE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRUST THE MOST.
THE LORD JESUS WAS BETRAYED BY FAMIY, FOLLOWERS...SO WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO BE EXEMPT FROM TRUST BEING BETRAYED.
THE ONE THING...WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER IS THE PROBLEM/FAULT LIES WITH THE PERSON WHO BETRAYS US.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, GULLIBLE, OR JUST PLAIN STUPID FOR BELIEVING IN THAT PERSON TO BE TRUSTWORTHY.
SATAN AND MANY PC/SC SHRINKS & COUNSELORS TRY TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS SOMETHING FAULTY OR WRONG WITHIN YOU, IF YOU ARE BETRAYED.
THAT IS A LIE STRAIGHT FROM THE PIT OF HELL.
SO JUST REMEMBER THAT, AND DO NOT ALLOW THE WILLFULL AND KNOWING FAILURE OF OTHERS TO INFLUENCE YOUR WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE.