Trust

When someone breaks your trust, it is very hard to trust that person again.  In my book, Rebecca discovers the same hardship everyone deals with every once in a while.  After being burned by her youth group, she not only stops trusting them, but also stops talking to them altogether.
How do deal with situations like these?  The friend that blew your biggest secret.  The coworker who got you fired.  The love of your life breaks off your engagment.  What do we do when this happens?  The easiest solution is to stop trusting them and shove them out of your life completely.  However, is it the right solution?
When we are burned by those we are close to, it's hard to forgive and forget, but necessary in order to have a healthy life (whether it be mentally, physically, socially, etc).  When we don't forgive, but instead run through the events over and over in our mind, making sure we make the person pay for what he or she has done, then we are holding ourselves hostage.
Once we forgive, the next step is to learn to trust again.  In the book, Rebecca has to learn to trust those around her again.  Her friend Zach helps with this, and eventually she does learn to trust again.  I, myself, have gone through some tough times this past year with the issue of trust.  I am slowly learning each and every day how to trust God more and more, and, in turn, He helps me to love and trust those around me.  Can you learn to do the same?