Love ----> Trust

"Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved." - William P. Young's The Shack

I love that. That is so true for every relationship.

In relationships between humans i think that everyone will agree that when you can completely trust someone and never have a second thought about the validity or integrity of what that person says or does, that is the most satisfying human relationship because you know that they love you and nothing will change that. And because of that trust you want to love the other even more.

In our relationship with God if we truly believe in our hearts that He does in fact love us unconditionally then the fruit of that belief in His love, is trust. We can fully trust that He has our best interest at heart and He wants the very best for the one He loves.

It is hard to see this relationship between us and God sometimes because we cannot see a physical being representing God. But what i think is so awesome is that in good relationships between humans we see a glimpse of our relationship with God in a tangible form.

Today i was reading in Genesis and the part that always sticks out to me in that book is in chapter 1. God, The Holy Spirit and Jesus are talking and they say, "Let us make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness." He made us to reflect himself or themselves if you will.. how incredible is that? I AM made us in the image of Himself!

I was reading in my book "Completely Loved" by Shannon Ethridge today and it says, "Search the universe, and nothing will say "God" more than the creation known as man and woman." I am just blown away that God created me to be a representation of Himself. As a result of living in this broken world i somehow forget way too often that i bear His signature. Its good to be reminded of it and to live completely loved by Him and to know that i can trust Him with my life.

I am constantly fascinated with how everything in life works out. It is just so mind blowing to me how perfectly and creatively He planned out life between us and Him and us and each other. Our relationship with God is meant to be reflected in our relationships with each other. Think about that.