All good questions about a broken trust, a person that you thought was honorable turned out not so honorable. What to do with dilemma? Where do you go? What can be said? Is this a relationship that is something to fight for? Again, good questions...
First thing that happens for me is that I go inside to that secret place where Jesus resides. I bring the broken pieces of the relationship to Him. There we examine each piece and see where truth is...because with Jesus, there is always truth.
Second thing is you listen to Jesus. This is hard because right now, all you are looking to find is a tender and healing heart to hold you...pieces and all. But Jesus wants so much more...He wants us whole.
Third you obey Jesus. This is probably the hardest one to do...because it requires action. Action from me and I might not be at a place I want to move from his feet. Yet, the time comes when He gently lifts me to my feet and sends me out to do...whatever it is that Jesus feels is right. Because with Jesus, it is always truth!
So, here I stand at the doorway of my heart ready to step outside and do what Jesus has asked me to do. Yes, the trust has been broken. Yes, Jesus will give me the strength to love that person. Yes, trust will need to be rebuilt...that is if that person is interested at all. In this case, I don't believe the person is...so what do you do with that? You love anyway. And, you pray for that person that she/her will be guided to Jesus and His truth.
After all, each of us have our own version of truth but Jesus' truth is always right, always healing and always loving.
I am sad that for now, this relationship which I hoped would be salvageable, for the moment is not. So I will wait on Jesus, listen to His promptings and love. It is my only option.
So, when you are feeling turned inside out by a violation of trust from someone you thought was a friend...someone you cared deeply for...go to Jesus...not only to feel His healing love but to learn how to love!
"For God so loved this world that He gave His One and Only Son
so that those that believe in His will not perish but will live forever with Him." John 3:16
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I love the line -- "After all, each of us have our own version of truth but Jesus' truth is always right." It takes so much to put ourselves aside and see the situation as Jesus does, as it actually is. It is then that I think we are actually able to pray and to love, even if there is no love in return.
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