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Mistrust

This post is a continuation of my previous post, hence read the previous one first. So I am still studying that chapter of trust.. I am a slow study-er. This is not from the Bible but from my Business management textbook but still I thought "How true". It is talking about "What leads to mistrust": Firstly, miscommunication leads to mistrust when parties are not in regular contact. Amazing! In other words come into regular contact with your heavenly Father! Secondly, dispositional attributions, this is when a low-power person(us people, in this case) makes a dispositional attribution for what is really a situational case. A dispositional attribution is one that calls into question another person's character and intentions by citing them as the cause of behaviour or incident, whereas a situational disposition cites situational factors as the cause  of a behaviour or incident. How often do we blame God for things that are actually caused by the fact that we liv...

Trust

Before you read this let me just say this, I wrote the below paragraphs about 2hours prior to what I'm writing now in between studying. Just now I started a new chapter in my studies of business management and it happens to be on trust. I'm in my second sentence and this is what it says: "Trust is an expression of confidence in another person or group of people that you will not be put at risk, harmed or injured by their actions." I thought its pretty cool in light of what has been on my mind. Funny how God even puts it in my studies.... I have a new favourite verse from 2 Chron 16:9 "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward Him." another version says " The eyes of the LORD run through the earth, to show himself strong for those who trust him". I could be wrong but the way I have come to see the word "blameless" in the first version is somet...