"How's Your Confidence?"

Who Do You Confide In?

I'm sure that you have at sometime in the past confided in someone that you trusted. You either trusted them to help you with something of importance or you trusted them with information that you would not have trusted with just anyone. When we share something like this with someone we are usually going to choose our spouse, a lifelong friend or a parent. There is a reason that we choose people that we have known for a long time and it is that we trust them. They have proven themselves to be trust worthy through the test of time!

The thing that is necessary to be able to trust in someone enough to confide in them is that we have been able to get to know them. We have had the opportunity to be involved in activities together that involve fun and exciting times, sad and troubled times, new and adventurous times, serious and decisive times. Think about it! These are the people you have laughed with, sang with, cried with and maybe even prayed with about everything from graduations to childbirth. I know that I have had my share of excitement and grievances in my life and I have a couple of people that I feel that I can call at any time to talk to and sort out my feelings. No matter how hard it gets, it seems that they are always there for me.

Is there anyone that depends on you like this too? Is it really possible to always be there for your closest friends and relatives?

No matter how much they may try, there have been times in my life when I had experienced something that came totally out of the blue and hit me broadside knocking me for a loop before I have a chance to even think about what was happening. My divorce was one of those times. It was something that satan had been planning for some time but I hadn't seen the signs along the way that would have prepared me for what was ahead. On the road of life I hit a bridge that had been washed out and I ran right off the end of it crashing to the bottom of the river called despair and depression! While I was drifting down this river the people who were close to me were at home snuggled up in their beds or maybe on their knees praying that I would be safely rescued from this river. They didn't know what I was experiencing because I was downstream in rapids they hadn't ever experienced before and fighting for my life!

You may not have been through a divorce but you may have had moments when you wondered if it was over and spent days sunk into a pothole in the road of life. It can be just as bad as running off the bridge because your life seems to come to a stop and all that brought you joy is suddenly threatened by the thought of change and losing the family unit which you had learned for so long to trust.

I wanted to share with you what I learned during this time in my life that saved me from the river of despair and brought me back home where I found my friends who hadn't swam the rapids with me but were praying for me. What I found was in the rolling waters, that tried to suck me under and drown me, I always had a rock under my foot when ever I couldn't tread water any longer. There was always a rock there when I put my foot down or leaned back into the water, ready to give up! That's right, it was very strange that I was always able to stand when I couldn't swim any longer!

I'm here today because of the rocks and the hope that I had when my means of escape were exhausted! The rock that I was standing on, I would later learn, was the hand of God. I learned that the creator of this world and all of mankind is always there for you, no matter what the situation and He understands everything you could possibly have experienced. Let me share with you the verse that taught me this truth and I have hung on to through those times when I found myself struggling all alone in the streams of life when my closest of friends could not find me or give me a plan of rescue.

Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

That's all it says! Remember what I was saying about the trusting part earlier and how we trust people that we have known for a long time? We trust those we have been through tough times with and good times with together.

Remember to take God with you through the ups and downs and you will begin to trust Him more and more in life whether you are on the mountain top singing or in the river of despair! God loves you and will not leave you my friend!

Let's pray,

Lord, I long to experience life with those I trust and I know that I can trust in you always. I bring my problems and difficulties to you today and I need to confide in you and trust that you will help me even more than people would because you have experienced everything I am possibly going to go through in life. In Jesus name, amen.