In Man do We Trust?

Tonight I feel inspired to speak on the subject of trust.
To begin, it first needs to be said that no man of himself is worthy of trust. Myself included. This is a virtue which man must prove he possesses; it cannot be assumed. "Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help" Psalm 146:3. Regrettably, this hard lesson too many learn through bitter experience. Yet one is pressed to ask, must it be this way? Must man be so precarious a creature that he ought to be tested before he is deemed worthy of love and confidentiality? Let us go back and look to the past for our answer.
From the beginning, God made man and he was good. And the woman who came from him was also good. But Evil came to tempt them in their love for God, and in failing to love Him through disobedience, a breach was set between them. Through this rift man and woman came to know the fruit of this disobedience, i.e. suffering. They betrayed both God, themselves and eachother and hid themselves as a byproduct of this reality. He no longer trusted her and she no longer trusted him. Original sin now scared the entire human race due to this act of infidelity. The question now begs, does there exist a hope for the restoration of that unity between the sexes? Will they ever find that trust again? The answer to this question is two fold.
The first half of the answer requires the mentioning of Christ. Christ came into the world to restore His people to the state of sanctifying grace through His death and resurrection. He alone enabled man to regain the potential for perfection and strive after union with its God, which up to this point in human history was impossible. He healed the wound of division between man and God and consequentially, man and woman could again possess that love which was lost through that original sin. But this manner of love can only be had when the love of God is the unitive source between two people. Perhaps an analogy might serve to prove my point. Think of it like this. Man and woman together can play a cord on the piano called life. Yet which notes to play they do not know since they are not the composer but the notes themselves. Without the "divine" composer the two notes are left silent, or else, in their trying to find another to write their song, they result in making nothing but a ridiculous racket. Only the one who knows music can order the cords according to their function. And appropriately, through him the notes create a most beautiful harmony, which only he could have created. Would not eveyone want to go to the maker of music to become the symphony they were made for? God is our divine composer and if we want to find that cord in our life with another, we must turn to Him to find it.
Secondly, though a trust between man and woman be possible, there are points of concern that should be noted. Yes, one may find that person with whom they can trust, but it cannot be emphansized enough, that even they too may occasionally fail us in times of need. In fact, I believe it is imperative that this be true in a relationship. Let me explain why. It's essential that we remember man is not God and will not always be there. He may die or he may leave us out of necessity, out of no will of his own. This is meant to remind us that we are not made for man, but for God. Trust should ultimately then only rest in Him because, in the end, He alone will be there when all others are gone.
Ergo Dico Vobis...
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. For where your treasure lies, there will your heart also be." (Matt 6.) Where your treasure, your heart, your love, your trust lies, there you will be. Be careful then, not to give that gift of your trust but to those who have first given their's to Christ, for only then is that trust truly secured since it's fulfillment is not expected here but is awaited in the refuge of eternity, where man and woman can again share that love which was lost and which through Christ no one can take from them.
Therefore in answering the hard question "Must man be so precarious a creature that he ought to be tested before he is deemed worthy of love and confidentiality?" In all simplicity yes. But do not let this truth deter you from giving your love to another because this life is meant to teach us, and if we take risks and love another, while simultaneously planting our trust firmly in God, then we can hope that whatever happens to us will happen to us for our good, for to those who love (or trust) God, all things work unto good. Be not afraid et Ite cum Deo....

Primo Parola

Well, here I am. My first attempt to be technologically savvy. I feel so 21st century for the first time in my life! What a quantum leap for me. Why do I say that, because for years now I haven't quite lived in the modern swing of things and with no regrets. It just doesn't seem necessary to have all that we have and yet not be able to communicate well with the person sitting right next to us. Per example, I am a student at a highly liberal and communistic university; I will call this school Roman University for it is not far from resembling the culture of pagan Rome. And at Roman U. I sometimes sit outside to get some fresh air. Scoping the landscape I typically see two things: people either gabbing to the cell phones glued to their ears or people walking to their classes speaking only with the person they're walking with or with no one at all. Why is this so? I believe that it is a caustic consequence of living in the age of the machine. For the sake of experimentation, I would love to test to see what would happen if I sat and cried to myself on the campus park bench at the peak of noon when many students walk across campus to attend their next class. Through my own learned experiences, I would assume that probably no one would come over to ask me if I was alright. And yet , do we not say to ourselves when asked to reach out to others "I show concern for my fellow man? I forked over two dollars for relief funds and gave my clothes away to the Salvation Army. I've fulfilled my humanitarian duty and I feel good about myself as a human person. What more do I owe anyone. Now leave me alone." What rubbish! This is partly why I abhor the idea of attaining a cell phone or of even using so many modern conveniences to get me by in life. It not only desensitizes us, making basic human contact burdensome, but it also make us lazy . Take for example my microwave oven. Why can't I wait for something to be made using a stovetop? Or better yet, why can't I make something from scratch? Doesn't everyone love food made with care and quality? I do. The elements of effort, creativity and patience have been so forsaken by our convenienced culture that we've engendered a nation infected with a "give me, now go" mentality. This I declare, will leave us in a state of madness when one day the power goes out and this nation, like the city of New Orleans, is left to survive without that which people now consider to be as important air, this being electricity. On that day, when man is left to venge for himself and remembers what it is to live off the land, will he also remember, God and learn that in Him alone must man rely. I pray that this day soon will come and that when it does my human cell phone, along with all of humanities, will ring off the hook. God speed us.