I remember an experience at Camp Royaneh, outside of the Bay area, in California. There was a physical obstacle course that challenged us boy scouts. It was a favorite of ours because there were places that tested our fear of heights. One particular part of the course had to do with trust. One by one each scout climbed up on a high tree stump and with several boys with open arms the scout was expected to turn around with your back facing the scouts and then lean back and fall into the arms of the awaiting scouts. The idea was to display trust in your fellow scouts and believe that they would catch you without letting you hit the ground. That was a huge deal!
I have never had reason to lack trust in Becky throughout our marriage. I have had friends, however, who betrayed the trust that I once had in them. That just happens with most everybody. I desire to be one who can be trusted implicitly.
Several months ago, I was told something, by a friend, and asked to please not share it with anybody. I told him that I would not speak another word about what we had talked about. He hesitated slightly and seemed to rest assured when I promised that nobody would ever know a single thing about our conversation from me.
That is one of the greatest things I love about Becky. I know that if I share something with her that I don't want anyone else to know about, that my heart is safe and she won't share anything about what we talk about.
The saying that it is better to be trusted than it is to be loved is very appropriate.
Just as it was true at Camp Royaneh on the 'trust fall', so it is with each of us. We display trust for those that we love and we do things that will, in turn, warrant somebody else's trust in us.
It's one more principle in my life that I am trying to get better at. Little by little I will get better at it and my life will be better for it. I hope the same will be true for you.
