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Day 7: Moving Forward After Betrayal and Trusting Again

Congratulations! You’ve made it to the final day of TrustWorthy. On our last day, we’re covering an important topic—how to trust others again when you’ve been betrayed.

This is an especially important topic to me due to what I’ve been through. I delve into this more in my book, TrustWorthy: How to deepen the relationships you need and avoid the ones you don’t. You can find out more about it by visiting the link provided at the end of today’s reading.

Take time to read 1 Kings 19, focusing on verse 12. The important part of this is that the “Lord was not in the fire.” Similarly, the Lord is not ever the cause of our being betrayed, of our heartbreak, or of our hurt. But, after the fire, there comes a gentle whisper from Him. He wants to help us heal.

I don’t know how you’ve been hurt in the past or by whom, but I do know the definition of love God gives us in His Word. If you’ve been heartbroken, I’m almost certain your relationship didn’t look like what love is supposed to look like according to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. These attributes of love give us a clear look into what our relationships should look like. Although you’ve been hurt by what you may have thought to be love at the time, God has something better ahead for you.

Moving forward, we also must remember to put God—and only God—first in our lives, even when we are in a relationship. We need to heed the wisdom of Psalm 28:7 and have our hearts trust in Him so that He will be our strength and shield. If we put Him first, we can defend our heart when others let us down and be able to immediately go to Him for healing.

Whomever has hurt you, however you have been hurt, God wants to help you heal. Will you surrender to Him and let Him heal your heart?

For more of my personal story, more biblical analysis, and more on whom you should trust and whom you shouldn’t, you can check out my book, TrustWorthy: How to deepen the relationships you need and avoid the ones you don’t by visiting my website: CharlaTurner.com.

Thank you so much for reading this plan, and I pray it has helped you better understand biblical trust as well as whom you can trust.