Face Value

I use to live by the motto that I will trust you until you prove me wrong. Trust wasn't something I made people earn or work for, I gave it freely. Unfortunately once betrayed I never learned to trust that person again and sadly found myself making others serve out that persons punishment. I now understand that I should not have placed my trust in people, but instead placed my faith in God. I posted this quote by Gary Zukav a few days ago... "When you welcome your emotions as teachers, every emotion brings good news, even the ones that are painful" and what I believe this to mean is that we don't have to stop letting people in just because we have some bad experiences, it wasn't them we were placing our trust in because they are only human and will disappoint us. However we should trust that not one single person enters our life without a purpose and if we operate with a God like love, we accept his words that we all fall down. He knew that Peter would deny him but washed his feet anyway. If we stop placing our expectations in man and lean only to God for our understanding then we will accept people at face value, gaining freedom to love them just as they are. God and many others accept and love us and contrary to what you and I believe, we are not perfect; just perfectly made by our father who welcomes us just as we are.