Who can you trust?

Have you ever felt like you can not trust anyone?

It seems like no one is exempt from being let down. A friend of mine has been having a hard time knowing who she can trust. The problem with this is that she is pushing everyone back instead of just focusing on the people who have let her down.

How often do we do the same things in life? How often do we just give up on everything? Work? Friendships? Relationships?

When you push people away and shut them out of your life, you take away any hope of them being able to come through for you. How can we shut out the ones we love?

There is another friend that is slowly becoming a fair weather friend. Now, for those of you who don't know what a fair weather friend is, that is when a friend is around in the good times, but is no where to be found when you need him. I feel he would come through if he had to, but he really does not seem to be genuine in showing his friendship at this point. When times are good, he's there. If he's requested to be there he will show, but he will not offer to be there.

How do you deal with friends like this? If you push them away is that wrong? Can you trust a friend like this? What would God do?

Psalms 37: 27-28 The Message

Turn your back on evil,
work for the good and don't quit.
God loves this kind of thing,
never turns away from his friends.

I love how it says God never turns away from his friends. This is where the answer is. I realize that I have to continue to love my friends. I have to accept when the shut me out and when they push back. I have to show compassion and love through the hard times. I can not be that fair weather friend.

It's a hard decision to make in some cases. It's hard to turn your back when evil has struck and left you wondering why your friend would do such a thing to you. But I'm gonna keep on working on me and not quit.

Pray for my friends and especially me!

Lord,

I do have a real hard time accepting my friends again when I have been shut out. I do have a tendency to forgive, but I make sure they hear about it along the way. Please help me to step back and accept them again, and do what you would do by just never turning away.

Brie!