Quotes about Trust

I had learned that every circumstance in life doesn't have to end happily for the Lord to provide a happy ending.

All little lambs need a shepherd.

Properly understood, the marital sacrament is an encumbrance that paradoxically yields freedom. The wife is free to grow old and wrinkled without fear of divorce, while the husband is likewise free to become bald and potbellied without fear of his wife's abandonment. Covenants

and so he could show me how much my life was controlled by fear.

Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist which is administered either by the bishop or by one to whom he has entrusted it.

good. A society that gets marriage wrong will not remain free for long: the family is the training ground for the virtues that make free societies possible. Consider especially the necessity of trust in economic relationships.

Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.

If we don't risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.

We construct walls when we are hurt to safeguard our hearts and prevent any future wounds. We become selective, denying entry to all we fear will hurt us. We filter out anyone we think owes us something. We withhold access until these people have paid their debts in full. We open our lives only to those we believe are on our side.

This truth remains: Only those you care about can hurt you. You expect more from them—after all, you've given more of yourself to them. The higher the expectations, the greater the fall.