Distrust or Mistrust what will it be?

Have you ever mistrusted someone?  Maybe they had shifty eyes or something in their voice told you ...do not trust this person.  Your detected something with your Spidey senses and became leery of the person whose eyes were set to close together.  How does a person lose or gain trust?  Is it ever possible to gain someones trust after you have lost it?

I personally have been given reason to mistrust other persons...  Many in fact. Distrust is not enjoyable when you have to be around that person or you have to worry about where they are and what they are doing.  It is usually something a person does.  The way they carry themselves that brings on the feelings of suspicion.  Words they use or as if they are trying to become overly friendly to gain a confidence.  Watching me to see my reaction to their words.

Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!  I hate feeling this way.  Even more I really don't like being mistrusted.  It used to be that the title pastor brought with it a respectful trusting from people.  Like they were saying,"Now there is a man we can trust." I think the spirit of politics has wormed it's way into way to many area's of life.  To much distrust because the highest office in the land has become a haunt for liars and deceit.  Mistrust/distrust  has become the overriding feeling of every election, of every office and lays in the back of every persons mind these days.  No wonder our Spidey senses are tingling.  Many pastor's have fallen, doctors, bankers, police officers, a man is not as good as his word any more.

Churches don't trust pastors and pastors don't trust congregations.

Who can we trust? Some would say, "NO ONE." I say without trust faith is lost.  If we can't trust someone we have no faith in them.  So it is with the church.  So it is with Christ.  People are so skittish that they trust no more.

How do we change that?  Is it possible? How do we turn all of this around and gain one another trust and faith again?  Love!  Unconditional LOVE.  I will love you no matter how you treat me. It is the only way to change all this...  I will lay down my life for you even if you reject me.  That is what Jesus did.  That kind of love will never let you down.  That kind of love is the example that Jesus gave us to earn trust.  To build faith. To prove to the world that they can trust someone.

CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?

Love you!
Jesus