Can somebody relate to this – You always know what to say and do but somehow ended up compromising so as not to upset or offend someone. While it’s an admirable trait to be considerate and sensitive with the feelings of the people around you, in the long run, it doesn’t serve you well. Why? Because you always end up being the mediator if not being the doormat.

People from each generation has different ways of expressing their feelings. We can learn so much if we just spend enough time analyzing the way they talk and act. But if we want to understand them better, we must go deeper. Knowledge helps but wisdom provides discernment and with it, comes clarity which leads to peace. It is easy to judge someone based on how they react in a certain situation without learning where they came from.

But if we have a firsthand experience with them, we’ll know that behind a strong facade lies sensitivity, fears, doubts and worries. Trust issue arises when we felt betrayed by someone closes to us. However, in the Bible, we are instructed to put our trust in the only being who is worth it – GOD.  Because he created us, only he knows what we are made of.

Only he can heal us, sustain us, fixed us and provide for us. He sees through our innermost being – the things we try so hard to hide from everyone else. There’s no shame baring everything to him – he will never judge us because he already knows us from the start, yet he accepts and love us still. So, there’s no need for us to hide inside an eggshell.