Two Views - Learning to Trust

[justapilgrim]

I dropped a clear piece of plastic on the floor in the morning light. I knew approximately where it was, but couldn’t see it because of the angle from which I was looking. I even swept the floor with an open hand hoping to feel, but didn’t. After leaving the room to do something else, I came back in from a different angle and there was the piece of plastic – clearly visible! Since it was garbage, I picked it up (after two tries) and threw it away.
There is garbage in our lives that is small and hard to see. Sometimes we need to look at it from a different perspective in order to get rid of it. That perspective could be someone pointing it out to us, reading a spiritual book or the Bible, or listening to an exhortation from a minister or other learned person. I've had things that I've had to get rid of in my relationship with my wife and with God. Often times God shows them to me when my wife and I have a disagreement or this morning with a note she left for me. In the note (out of her love) she suggested some web site for me to investigate. Immediately, I bristled and then realized I've always been one to bristle at discipline or instruction – preferring to do it on my own. I must learn to not only trust God but also those He has given to me such as my beloved wife and those in authority over like me the Church.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

If you’re talking about this website, I’m glad you’re here. There are people from many points of view which can be enriching, challenging, or frustrating, depending on where you are.

As far as learning to trust, you point out that some flaws – even sharp things that can cut us – are lingering about, unseen from our point of view at times. Here we must trust in the Lord to give us faith to avoid the traps and find out places to clean up? Also, accept that your own point of view is going to change and to let it happen because you will become wiser.

Is this anything like what you meant or am I on a complete tangent?

Alan