Daily Check-In 💚 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I honestly believe I may need to spend more time learning about relationships. Not romantic relationships—relationships in general. Friendships. Family. Business. Professional relationships. All of them. It seems like I often find myself getting the short end of the stick, especially with people I genuinely believed I had a good relationship with. I’ve even caught myself wondering, “Do I have ‘victim’ written on my forehead?” But I know that can’t be true. I’ve survived things that should have broken me. I made a promise to myself a long time ago that I would never be weak again. I stand on my own two feet, and I’ve learned to address people respectfully but immediately when they cross a boundary. So maybe this isn’t about weakness. Maybe it’s about wisdom. What’s even harder is when the disappointment comes from people you’re supposed to be able to trust—people like a lawyer, a business, or a professional whose job is to protect your interests. Those situations are different because you’re almost required to place your trust in them. When that trust is mishandled, it can shake your confidence in ways that are hard to explain. But as I sat and thought about all of this, I realized something. The one relationship in my life that has never left me feeling cheated, manipulated, or abandoned is my relationship with God. My walk with Him hasn’t been perfect. It’s still growing. But He has never failed me. Even when I couldn’t understand what He was doing, I can look back now and see that He was working things out in ways I couldn’t see at the time. Somehow, He has a way of taking what looked wrong and turning it into something for my good. Maybe that’s why my trust in Him keeps getting stronger. People are human. They’ll disappoint you. They’ll misunderstand you. Sometimes they’ll even take advantage of your trust. God never has. So maybe this next season of my life isn’t about becoming harder or more guarded. Maybe it’s about asking God for the wisdom to recognize who deserves my trust, who deserves healthy boundaries, and who simply isn’t meant to walk closely with me.