Some may respond to this question quick and easy, however as Fr. Thomas Williams, LC and my son have figured out, there is much to be said on this topic because in troubled times we doubt God's design.
Watch the video of Fr. Thomas being interviewed on this topic and take the time to read my son's Grade 6 speech on this topic.
Have you ever not trusted someone like your mom or dad? Do you have a valid reason not to trust them? Can we trust them? Well some people have the same questions about God. Today I’m going to try to answer these four questions:
Who is God?
Why should we trust Him?
How can we trust Him when bad things happen?
And why do we have trouble trusting?
These questions will answer the main question Can God be Trusted.
First of all, who is God? God is our creator. God is our savior. God is love. God is the Alpha and Omega. He is the Father. He created angels, man, woman, and animals. God is a mystery. God sees all things, hears all things, and knows all things. You can’t hide from God. If you lie to someone, God knows. God is faithful, merciful, gracious, forgiving and divine.
Well if we know who God is, we get a better picture of what there is to trust. But why should we trust God? God created us. He cares for us at a time of trouble. Imagine a prefect parent. Someone who knows when your upset, or when you’re not telling the truth. We should trust God because he loves us, and cares for us, and would never abandon us.
You need to take a risk in trusting God. Imagine a person who doesn’t trust anyone. What would he or she do? They wouldn’t eat much because they wouldn’t trust farmers or grocery stores and they wouldn’t trust doctors or take medication. We should trust God because he is faithful and fully deserving of our trust. God compares his own faithfulness to a mother in the Bible, and claims to be even more faithful than a mother. How do you think of your mom? Do you trust her?
How can we trust God when bad things happen? When you lose a loved one like a grandparent or an uncle, do you trust that God will take care of them? When we are sick and suffering in pain, do we trust our parents or the Motrin is going to make us better? If we love God and pray to him, he could take the suffering right off of our backs. He probably won’t because he knows we can learn compassion through suffering. There will always be a time when you will look up and say “Why God Why?!” Suffering will always be there because Adam and Eve ate the fruit God said not to eat. They disobeyed God, we all know there are consequences to disobeying our parents. There will always be suffering. It’s our choice to suffer with God, or to suffer alone. Imagine an operation. Do you want to wake up and see someone you love or do you want to wake up in a room all alone?
Why do we have trouble trusting in general? Is it because we are not trust worthy? Do we not like being trusted by parents or friends? It breaks the bond of love not to be trusted. Love and trust go together. We have trouble trusting because we know people make mistakes and because we know we make our own mistakes. It’s all about risk and faith. Faith is a gift from God.
Therefore God is my creator; he knows me better than anyone. Even when I make mistakes, he trusts me to do better next time. He loves me and knows what lessons I need to learn through my suffering and he never abandons me. We tend to think always about how God could allow bad things to happen in our lives and not trust him, but first we need to focus on the good he has done in our lives. Do we have food, clothes, a house, etc?
If I can trust my best friend, how much more should I be able to trust God, my creator?
Thank you and God Bless.
