I Want to Trust You, but I Don't: Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment

by Lysa TerKeurst

To dare to hope is to simultaneously expose our greatest desires and our greatest fears. But if we’re not willing to risk hoping, then we are already quietly quitting on a better future.

When we quit on hope, we will become blind to the evidence of God’s goodness all around us. And if we lose sight of God’s goodness, trusting Him will feel foolish. It’s difficult to keep trusting God and other people when we feel they constantly let us down and don’t come through for us.

Sometimes when you get shockingly bad results from past decisions, it can make you hesitant to trust that you’re capable of making wise future decisions.

Sometimes I can have more faith in my fears coming true than in God coming through for me.