Can I Trust You?

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To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

George MacDonald

1824-1905

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There are many areas where trust is shown. In telling the truth, not taking what is not yours and that you will do the right thing when faced with a challenge. However, the most profound degree of trust is one that cannot be easily explained. It is that trust that you give a friend or loved one. A trust that believes that you are safe with this person and that they desire your best. Author George MacDonald (1824-1905) put it this way: "Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly."

People who believe in godly character should have friends and loved ones who feel safe with them. When you are told others' inner secrets, they should be confident that you would never share that information with anyone. They do not have to ask or check on you. They know you are a safe person in their life. Someone once said, "A true friend never breaches the trust of his companions or stabs him in his back. He is trustworthy and reliable. One should therefore always try to be a true and reliable friend."

Christian character's principles direct us to be trusted, not because we can keep secrets, but because we know the value of trust. We know that you hold a great responsibility to be faithful to that trust. There is no higher responsibility we can have. 

To be trusted is of great advantage in the business world. Businessman and founder of the J.C. Penny Department Stores, James Cash Penny, said, "Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust." People want to know that the people they work with and are trustworthy. Without that, you have fear, disloyalty, and corruption. We can see that in the fall of some of the major corporations and government agencies. No one has shown they can be trusted, and therefore, everyone is under a cloud of suspicion.

I believe that in the heart of all of us is a desire to be a trustworthy person. We want to have those who trust us know that their trust is not wasted. People who follow Christian character principles will hold confidence, show loyalty to a business or church, and be faithful always to do what is best for others before they think of themselves. They know that as Albert Einstein (1879-1955) said, "Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."

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