“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5–6, CSB)
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I walked down the stairs and heard three little voices yell in unison, “But Dad, you promised!” Six brown eyes were staring at me, shocked and hurt that I had broken my promise to them. I had promised them the day before that I would take them out on a “dad date” to eat at our favorite pizza spot and grab some ice cream afterward. But the promise I made the day before was no longer possible the day after. As I looked at my kids’ faces, I saw something that broke my heart, because I realized I had broken their trust.
Broken trust has a way of breaking relationships. It leaves us intimately aware of our vulnerability because we took the risk of relying on someone else. I once learned that the English word “vulnerable” comes from the Latin vulnare and has in mind the reality of being willingly placed in a po…
