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If you read the Love Chapter (1 Corinthians 13<\/a>), you’ll find a beautiful description of how Christians should interact with each other through love. In verses 4-8<\/a>, Paul lists 15 attributes that should mark our best relationships. Hidden in the midst of that list is a gem of truth: love always trusts<\/strong> (1 Corinthians 13:7).<\/p>\n

What does it mean to truly trust in a relationship? Here are five ways that trust should define your best relationships:<\/p>\n

1. Trust\u00a0gives the benefit of the doubt.<\/i> When someone tells you something and you\u2019re not sure, when you have to take their word for it, you take their word for it. You give them the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n

2. Trust\u00a0assigns the best motives.<\/i> When you\u2019re not sure why someone said something or did something, and when you have to assign the motive behind it, \u201cdid they do this because they love me or is there some hidden agenda?\u201d, trust\u00a0assigns the best motives.<\/p>\n

3. Trust\u00a0is innocent until proven guilty.<\/i> That should be self explanatory. Too many times in our relationships, because of past hurts, we become so jaded that we assume everyone is guilty until proven innocent. Love\u00a0clears the slate from your past broken relationships, whether it was an absent parent or a bad boyfriend, and you choose that trust\u00a0is innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n

4. Trust\u00a0is not suspicious unjustly.<\/i> If you like to track a loved one with Find my iPhone because you\u2019re always suspicious that they\u2019re up to no good, that\u2019s not trust. Love isn\u2019t suspicious unjustly. Love always trusts.<\/p>\n

5. Trust\u00a0chooses to fill the gap with the most generous interpretation. <\/i>When there’s a gap in information and you’re not sure why someone said something or did something,\u00a0<\/i>love chooses to fill the gap with the most generous interpretation. Love always trusts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you read the Love Chapter (1 Corinthians 13), you’ll find a beautiful description of how Christians should interact with each other through love. In verses 4-8, Paul lists 15 attributes that should mark our best relationships. Hidden in the midst of that list is a gem of truth: love always trusts (1 Corinthians 13:7).…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,17,108],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-next-steps","tag-love","tag-relationships","tag-trust"],"yoast_head":"\n5 Ways Trust Should Define Your Best Relationships - Next Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1 Corinthians 13:7 says that love always trusts. 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