I have a problem with trust issues for some time. I am not sure when it really started. Maybe when I was a child and my father kept breaking promises. I find myself having struggles with keeping all the promises I have made to different people. I know I have good intentions. When my children were young, I told them not to make a promises they can not keep. However as I got older, I find myself struggling more with myself and others breaking promises.

This past week, I had an argument with a family member about lying to me. He has a definite problem with telling one lie to cover another lie. Sometimes I think he thinks I was only born yesterday. NOT!! By his lying to me, it hurts our relationship. How can I trust him or anyone who lies to me? I tend to back away from people who lie and go back inside myself and not trust anyone. This makes me go into depression further, though I start praying that Jesus Christ will deliver me from the depression.

By the same terms if I don’t keep my promises, am I lying to someone? This is an issue I am working on with myself. A friend of mine reminded me that to keep a small notepad in my purse to write down when I make a promise to do something for someone and date it. She said that she writes the person’s name down, what she promises to do and the date you promised to do it by. She also stated she has become a better friend to many people by keeping her promises. I sure can learn by her example.