Your heartache and fear are so very real to God. They were put there by the bad things in the world and the people whose motives are not of Him, regardless of what they professed, if they caused you such damage, and I know they did. How do you trust? Maybe it is by watching other people trust and find that it works. Then try it yourself. This sounds so simple and yet it is not. Because to trust and then to be disappointed is the greatest loss. When that happens we have to believe still, that God will answer later with something better for us than what we could see at the time. I have been a Christian for a long time. God is often silent with me too, and I have learned that I have to sit with the emptiness, still asking, still believing I am heard, and see what that silence has to teach me, God can change things inside us only if we are willing. You have taken the first step of asking to be shown how; I promise you that prayer will be answered over time, and you will, if you stay open, learn to heal through the trust that you will one day be able to manage. I will be praying for you - look at who God sends into your life, the ones who are healthy, the ones who have the ability to trust themselves, and look for His work in your life. It will come! Blessings to you...
Submitted at 10:08 PM on Jul 2, 2010 by Lisa
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Your heartache and fear are so very real to God. They were put there by the bad things in the world and the people whose motives are not of Him, regardless of what they professed, if they caused you such damage, and I know they did. How do you trust? Maybe it is by watching other people trust and find that it works. Then try it yourself. This sounds so simple and yet it is not. Because to trust and then to be disappointed is the greatest loss. When that happens we have to believe still, that God will answer later with something better for us than what we could see at the time. I have been a Christian for a long time. God is often silent with me too, and I have learned that I have to sit with the emptiness, still asking, still believing I am heard, and see what that silence has to teach me, God can change things inside us only if we are willing. You have taken the first step of asking to be shown how; I promise you that prayer will be answered over time, and you will, if you stay open, learn to heal through the trust that you will one day be able to manage. I will be praying for you - look at who God sends into your life, the ones who are healthy, the ones who have the ability to trust themselves, and look for His work in your life. It will come! Blessings to you...
Submitted at 10:08 PM on Jul 2, 2010 by Lisa