Trust is a funny thing. The Bible tells us that trust is a key component of love. Jesus also tells us to be shrewd and wise. It is a balance that I am pretty sure that I fail to maintain often.
One of the reasons that many youth end up in trouble is because their parents have trusted them too much and don't check up on their children's comings and goings. Many children end up parenting themselves and sometimes their siblings. The brothers of the Taize community attribute the fact that they welcome 100,000 youth every year because they trust them. How do we hold these truths in tension? When do we trust and when do we learn from experience and not trust?
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