Who Can I Trust?

This past week I was in the market for Halloween pumpkins. We had a Halloween party for our Friday night Bible study group and we planned a pumpkin carving contest. Finding good carving pumpkins in Budapest proved to be a little bit of a challenge and Jonathan found himself having a frustrating exchange at the local produce stand.

In Hungarian: Jon - "How much is your pumpkin?"

Salesman - "Oh, do you speak English?"

In English: Jon - "Yes, I do."

Salesman - "It's 600 forints per kilo, 

so 3600 forints total" (That's $18)

Jon - "No, thanks that's too expensive" 

Salesman - "But, it's a beautiful pumpkin!" 

What Jon later discovered was that I had paid only 600 forints total for the other pumpkin I had purchased. The salesman tried to sell Jonathan a pumpkin for 6 times what I paid at another market!!

The past few weeks have reminded me how hard it can be to trust. Living in a foreign country, dealing with a language barrier, maneuvering a different system tend to make us skeptical of everything and everybody. It doesn't help when you find your gas being stolen, your bills being overcharged, and your intentions being questioned. Feeling frustrated and slightly depressed about these situations got me to thinking tonight.

I found myself asking God, again, "Who can we really trust?" and His answer was clearly, "Me" I was reminded that when I can't trust the gas to be in my car each morning, or that I'm not being cheated on my utility bill, or unsure of the true market value of a pumpkin...that God really is the only person I need to trust. He has proved Himself faithful to us time and again. He has supplied our needs time and again.

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the LORD. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit." 

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Trusting the One,
Corinne