I Am Not Worthy of Their Trust

“I get so annoyed when someone does not trust me, in fact it bugs me more then most other stuff. I feel like they are keeping me from becoming more (a better friend, a better person, etc…) because they don’t trust me. When I am not trusted I feel excluded. Trust brings inclusion, inclusion builds better, deeper friendships… When I am trusted, just knowing that I am trusted makes me value that relationship more then others. I then feel more open to return the trust.” – Anonymous

I apologize that the above quote cannot be cited. As I begin to start building trust I will need to keep that quote above anonymous.


I have often questioned why people do not always trust me. I recently gave myself the answer when I told a secret one of my friends trusted me with to a group of friends. The reason people did not always trust me was because I am not worthy of their trust. I know there are a lot of bible verses about trust but I want to be able to speak about trust to non-Christians and have it make sense to them without having to cite any verses so that is what I will do in the rest of this post.

What are some things we can do to become trust worthy? First off as I was typing the above I started to type a sentence that would have said, “The secret was not the biggest secret…” We need to realize that no matter how big a thing someone trusts you with you must keep one secret just like you must keep the other. Secrets are secrets no matter what the size.

If we go blabbing off about this, that and the other thing, then how will people trust us? We must begin to value their trust and what they are trusting us with enough not to tell others. Why would someone trust you with something if the last time they trusted you you completely messed up?

I struggle with keeping secrets, I want to tell others. I however want to be a person who can be trusted, so it’s time I stop lying and start being trust worthy. Yep if you lie all the time people will not trust you. So join with me in an a hard task of becoming a person that people feel free to share struggles with, share ideas with, share there life with. Sometimes people won’t share something with us, but that’s ok, rejoice because of the trust you have gained.

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We must begin to value their trust and what they trust us with enough not to tell others.