I was watching a TV show where one character was trying to convince another character of something that was true, but it sounded completely crazy. The situation made me think about trust and faith.
I think that in a family, if there’s trust, then there should be an ability to have faith in your family and support them, even if you don’t really understand. In this TV show and many other ones, one of the central conflicts is people just don’t believe each other or trust each other. When they really need to be open and honest, it just doesn’t work because the trust isn’t there for one reason or another.
I have experienced this situation in my real life. With my own family, I really just needed them to trust me and believe that the causes of my anxiety were real and I needed help for them, but in order for my family to believe that they would have to be honest about themselves and they just weren’t capable of that. When I got married, my husband was amazing because he did trust me and had faith in me. He believed what I told him and supported me even when it was difficult for him to understand. The trust that he demonstrated with me is part of what made us a family.
I write that my faith saved me every day. Most of the time when I write it, I think about how it is my faith in God that saved me. However, it isn’t just my faith in God that saves me every day. My faith in God has taught me to have faith in the people I love and by having faith in them, they also have faith in me. God is my Father, but by having faith in Him, I learn to love and trust my brothers and sister in Christ and my family expands because of Him. I sometimes miss having the family I grew up with, but I feel comforted knowing that I have a family given to me by God that trusts me and loves me. I thank God every day for that.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
