Broken Trust in a Relationship? Here’s What To Do.

Forgiveness doesn’t rebuild trust

When someone breaks our trust, we have to forgive in order to unclutter our own heart. God calls us to forgive as we have been forgiven (Ephesians 4:32). We can’t wait until we feel like forgiving because that’s unlikely to happen. However, sometimes we’re hesitant to forgive because we think it means we’ll then need to trust. What we have to understand is that forgiveness and rebuilding trust are two very different things. Forgiveness opens the door for trust to be rebuilt, but it does not rebuild trust in any way. Forgiveness is the work of the one whose trust was broken. Rebuilding trust is the work of the one who broke the trust.