Someone wrote into Boundless with these comments:
“I’ve been hurt in a previous relationship and find that I have a general distrust towards men. My problem is that I often analyze every little thing and eventually drive myself crazy with worry and anxiety over his motives, if the relationship is godly enough, if he saw me in bad lighting, if I looked too fat today, and that he’ll suddenly change his mind about being with me.”
This may sound silly to us, or we may identify at least with some of this (which is probably the case!). Well, Gary Thomas wrote back. He agrees that this is indeed a trust issue, but that these feelings are indicative of our misplaced trust in man and not God. The insight he shares is applicable to many other areas of life as well.
