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b'\\u201cShe must really want this job,\\u201d I told my roommate. All throughout our\\ndorm, posters promoted a candidate for dorm treasurer who I\\u2019ll call\\n\\u201cMillie.\\u201d Each time we entered or exited the building we spotted these\\nwell-made campaign signs.\\n.\\nOther people were competing for positions on the leadership board of our\\ndormitory, but nobody had plastered as many notices as Millie. I assumed\\nshe would serve well in the position because she seemed serious about\\ntaking on this role. When it came time to vote for dorm leaders, a majority\\nof residents voted for Millie as treasurer.\\n.\\nWe paid our dues to help support fun dormitory activities, and it was the\\ntreasurer\\u2019s responsibility to maintain these funds. We hoped this money\\nwould cover an extravagant end-of-year party in May. The first semester\\nended in December without any special celebrations.\\n.\\nWhen we returned after Christmas, we discovered that Millie had not come\\nback to campus. She also didn\\u2019t return to class. She had simply\\ndisappeared\\u2014and the dorm treasury had disappeared with her. Did something\\nbad happen to Millie? Or did she purposefully take the money we had trusted\\nher to manage?\\n.\\nUnlike our loving Heavenly Father\\u2014who is always faithful and true\\u2014people\\nlet us down. Sometimes, they make promises they fail to fulfill; sometimes,\\nthey betray our trust. Kings, presidents, parents\\u2014and dorm treasurers\\u2014are\\nflawed and fallible human beings. Only God is worthy of our complete\\nconfidence. He keeps all His promises. He promised to rescue His people\\nfrom sin and death, and that promise was fulfilled in Jesus\\u2019s death and\\nresurrection. He also promises to someday return to destroy sin,\\nbrokenness, and death forever. Our God is trustworthy. We can trust the\\nLord to redeem us from our sin, and we can trust Him\\u2014and Him alone\\u2014with our\\nwhole hearts. \\u2022 Allison Wilson Lee\\n.\\n\\u2022 Have you ever been let down by someone you trusted? What was it like? \\n.\\n\\u2022 How is putting confidence in God different from putting confidence in\\npeople? \\n.\\n\\u2022 Trusting God is hard sometimes. When it feels difficult to trust Jesus,\\nwe can tell Him that. He wants us to be honest with Him, and He has\\ncompassion on us. When is it hardest for you to trust God? Who are\\nChristians in your life you would feel comfortable talking to about this? \\n.\\nIt is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.\\nPsalm 118:9 (WEB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.118.8-Ps.118.9|Ps.146.1-Ps.146.6|Prov.3.5-Prov.3.6'