A Proverb a day gets you on your way!
Here is the Daily Dose for Thursday, January 28, 2016.
Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe. Proverbs 28:26
Friends
On more than one occasion I have heard people say that they only trust themselves. It is quite the statement. It wreaks of bravado, confidence and that cool lone ranger quality of being self made and self assured. When people say it, they are proudly, defiantly claiming that nobody can hurt them because there is nobody that they trust enough to let them get close enough to hurt them or to betray them. While that seems admirable and also safe it does lead to one glaring liability.
While only trusting yourself and not allowing people close enough to hurt you seems safe, actually it is quite dangerous. You see, not letting people close enough to hurt you also does not let people close enough to help you either. People who trust only themselves don’t realize that it is wise to have someone who can help them, and help only comes through trust. To really allow someone to help you you have to let them in. They have to know your strengths, and your weakness. This means they will have the ability to hurt you, but also the greater ability to help you.
None of us want to put ourselves in the position to be harmed. We want to make sure that there is as little possibility of harm as possible as we go through our lives. That does not mean trusting nobody, that means finding the right people to trust. In the process of finding the right people you will stumble upon some of the wrong ones, you will get some cuts and bruises on the way, but in the end you will be stronger, wiser and have the wisdom of you and a few people called friends, so you wont have to walk alone again.
Be Blessed,
Rev
Daryl Williams 