Comments on: Is Your Trust-Meter Broken?

By: Trusted Advisor » Carnival of Trust for October 2008

Trusted Advisor » Carnival of Trust for October 2008 — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:06:05 +0000

[...] Wilson, in Is Your Trust-Meter Broken, has the answer. And in my humble opinion, his answer is as right as it is counter-intuitive. A lot [...]

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:39:52 +0000

Wow Pete what a question. This topic hits a little too close to home for me. I am actually struggling with this daily right now. I have total trust in my friends and no issues confronting them when I feel things need to be discussed. My battle right now is the wonderful world of the dating. I always seem to find something wrong with a the guy before I even get the know them. I know this is due to my last relationship failing. I am working very hard to stay open minded and being understanding, but I have found I am pretty tough on my possible dates. If I sense something is off, I just shut the door and do not reopen it. I know I need to give them the chance to explain, but they never get the chance. After listening to your message, you are right. Trust is a risk and more now then ever, I realize I am scared to open myself up to the hurt and failure that could be lingering in the distance. Thanks for the message Pete, it was a true eye opener and an area I need to ask God for strength to help let go of the baggage.

By: Rebecca Parrish

Rebecca Parrish — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:47:06 +0000

Hi. My name is Rebecca Parrish. I have left a comment one other time on your page, but it has been a while ago. In that post I mentioned that I am an elementary school teacher. I am also a mother of 4. I am also the oldest daughter of 4. Not that you asked for all that. However, I can honestly say that my “trust meter” is broken into shards. I am the daughter of a divorce situation that only occurred in my adult life. I won’t go into the details of the desperately difficult situation, but would like to say that life in general has a way of breaking your trust. Where am I in this? I have pulled away from MANY MANY things and find that it is due to the fact that the people in life you are to depend on most are the ones who fuel that meter and what do you do when they are the ones emptying it? I see it everyday in the classroom as those kids struggle with the lives they live in. As far as I have slid with a very educated and conscious mind, how do you pull up those kids with no other avenues and show them how to trust beyond the home? This post seems like a babble and not really making any sense at all.

By: Trust « (desperately) Seeking Salvation

Trust « (desperately) Seeking Salvation — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:58:28 +0000

[...] blog earlier this week, they talked about your “trust meter” being broken ( link ) as part of a “baggage series” they’ve had at Cross Point Church; it is, like [...]

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:04:11 +0000

i loved reading this.
not only because i have had my trust broken, but right now i am being viewed as one who broke someone else’s trust…
thank you.

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:26:58 +0000

I hate that I have a problem with trusting my husband due to the past years when alcohol overtook his life. Many many lies, so learning to trust him again now that he is sober is very hard.
By the way, I love that I can listen to the archive sermon series on Cross Point’s site. I am really enjoying them and I know if ever I had to move to Nashville, I know what church I would attend!

By: krista

krista — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:31:18 +0000

i really enjoyed Sunday’s sermon, Pete. i didn’t used to have trouble trusting people. i think i gave trust too freely, personally, and i got burned because of it. it takes awhile for me to be able to trust in any relationship, and if that trust gets broken, it’s really hard for me to get over that, let alone for that person to regain that trust. i’m working on it, though.

By: Jill Shaw

Jill Shaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:16:55 +0000

I linked to you on http://www.conversationsatintersections.blogspot.com
Very relevant relational topic with the “trust” word thrown around so casually during elections. Many of my readers are in New Zealand where another election is taking place.

By: Kymberlyrenee

Kymberlyrenee — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:59:13 +0000

Guess I am a lil late on this post…but I just had to say something.
Tuff topic for me. I have never had trust issues until recent.But oh Boy I do now.
There is someone very close to me that I have really been not trusting with.
Red lights keep going off when I am with them..and the first time I met them they asked me to trust them—Strange—-
All I really want to do is to be able to trust them ….I have however learned to put my trust in God…because we all fall short.And I trust God will take care of all that is with me when I am with that person.
*I have found also Prayer changes all things*

By: Carole Turner

Carole Turner — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:49:50 +0000

Last night at our woman’s meeting we prayed for a lady who’s daughter had cancer and now she has brain cancer, I honestly thought “what if she’s lying like the Healer guy? I bet she just wants attention”. Yes, I thought that and I’m admitting it. I immediately rebuked myself and ask God to forgive me and heal her..yea, my trust meter is whacked.