Just like there are different challenges we face daily,so there is different kinds of trusting in the middle of them. Think about friends or colleagues you have. A big responsibility that is a huge deal to you, is in their hands. The outcome will effect you greatly. Can you sit back and trust them fully? Are you full of suggestions? Are they worthy of your trust? Let you down before?

it is not easy to trust people with a full heart. My husband knows when we drive, I have no shortage of warnings and helpful suggestions. It drives him crazy! He asked me once" Seriously Donna, how do I ever get through this city without you? Funny, I ask myself the same question( not out loud of course!).

How empowering is it for the receiver of all our helpful suggestions? Whether it s a friend, spouse, or child? For sure, sometimes it is very important and useful. Not always though.How in the world will these people dear to us learn to climb mountains if we carry them up every other mountain? May we have wisdom and understanding and even courage to trust them. May we learn to cheer those dear to us rather then always giving instructions and what we might call " encouragements".

How we do or do not trust people, is the difference of being wind in their sails or more like the sail boat in the middle of the lake without a breeze. Our words are powerful. That is why in the book of James 3:6-12in the Bible it says. that while man has been able to tame all kinds of animals in this world, he can not tame the tongue. It likens the tongue to a spark that can set an entire forest on fire.

Today,lets not underestimate the power of our words to friends, kids, family, co-workers. Proverbs 15: 23 says" A person finds joy in an apt reply- how good is a timely word".

May today be a day of apt replies and timely words for both of us!