What A Wonderful Story About Trust!

Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you see me. Those who believe without seeing me will be truly blessed.” – John 20:29

So much of being a Christian is trusting in God. You may not know why He does what He does. You may not know His plan for you. But if you trust that He has the right answers, that He will keep his promise of eternal salvation to you. Without trust in God there is no Belief. Read this wonderful account of a student showing her classmates what trust is all about.

On this day, Morrie says that he has an exercise for us to try. We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Most of us are uncomfortable with this, and we cannot let go for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves. We laugh in embarrassment.

Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl whom I notice almost always wears bulky, white fisherman sweaters, crosses her arms over her chest, closes her eyes, leans back, and does not flinch, like one of those Lipton tea commercials where the model splashes into the pool.

For a moment, I am sure she is going to thump on the floor. At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly.

“Whoa!” several students yell. Some clap. Morrie finally smiles. “You see”, he says to the girl, “you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too – even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.”

– Excerpted from the book ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ by Mitch Albom