Trusting Others

Trusting others - sometimes a difficult concept for me. In school when we had the option of working in a group or on our own I always opted to work on my own especially in college. I didn't want to have to rely on anyone to do their fair share and would rather do it all myself, so all the success or failure I bore on my shoulders. I think back and realize that maybe there would have been times that would have been much less stressful if I would have had enough trust in other people.

Yesterday, as I sat around a table with a group of ladies that I have not even known for year I realized that somehow without really even realizing it I have learned to trust people when they say they are going to do something. We we were at our normal once a month Board Meeting for Young Professionals of San Angelo and we had gone through all of our officer reports and then were talking about general business. As we talked about upcoming mixers one of the ladies said "I'll take care of that." Then we were talking about our book club and one of the other ladies said "I'll take care of that." And so on and so forth. And I must admit (sorry ladies if you're reading this) that my mind drifted a little. When I snapped back I thought, "omgosh I haven't written anything down in like 5 minutes." And then I thought, "wait, there really is no reason too, they have it under control and will do what they say."

I'm a compulsive note taker. I rarely ever go over and read my notes, but I just feel like if I have it written down that I'll remember it and 9 times out of 10 that is true. In the not so distant past, I would write everything down, what every single person committed too because I was so worried they wouldn't get it done (not that me writing it down would help that). But, yesterday sitting at that table with 3 ladies who I have felt like have become friends and 2 new board members I realized that its okay and such a relief to trust other people and have them do what they say.

In the professional world it just isn't feasible to do anything all on your own and you start to value the diversity that working with a group brings. So as I've learned that I trust others I'm reminded how the Bible tells us to trust in The Lord.

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

This one particular verse jumps out at me. Too many times we think that our own understanding or working on our own is the best. But God reminds us to trust in Him with all our hearts. It is such a relief and gives me such a peace like never before to know that I can trust in The Lord with all my heart. And it is a nice feeling to know that I can trust the words and work of others.

Learning to trust others was not something that is always easily done and neither is putting all our trust in The Lord, but I know that if I'm faithful to him he will be faithful to me.

Every day brings a new lesson learned for me and that's a pretty exciting feeling every morning waking up and knowing I will see Gods hand in my daily life.