November 25

Betrayal. That word delves into the depth of who we are and pulls out fears and longings and disappointments we’ve all experienced and then submerged in our endeavor to get on with interacting with others without transferring to them the anticipation of hurt that was generated by someone else.

Often, we are unsuccessful in our resolve to get on with our lives without the encumbrance of past hurts and dashed expectations. Sometimes those negative emotions were created when we disappointed ourselves. We had high hopes and they came to far less than we wished they would.

Sometimes the sense of betrayal does not result from letting ourselves down but because someone we trust, someone to whom we made ourselves emotionally vulnerable used our trust against us. This form of hurt is grievous because we feel not only betrayed but foolish for having allowed ourselves to be gullible.

There is One, however, in whom we may place our confidence with absolute assurance that He will not fail or forsake us in any way. It is the Lord of whom we may say, “My soul, wait only upon God and submit to Him, for my hope and expectation are from Him” Psalm 62:5. He is faithful. He is steadfast. He is true.