Since the heart is only known by God, how can we be SURE?

[Felicity]

God forgives us as His children and His friends over and over and over again when we sin, fail and otherwise transgress His law and His will.

Still, He never ever removes His trust. If He did He'd never move on or in us and never entrust us with the spiritual gifts He's given to us ...... or to use those in working for Him and for the Kingdom of God.

'Well, we aren't God" - people say - "and so therefore we can't be expected to act like Him or have the ability to extend grace, mercy, compassion or TRUST like He does."

Yet...........we have GOD in us and all that He is IN us and therefore we have the capacity to forgive and love and trust as He does, if we CHOOSE to.

And then we're back to bitterness again. Bitterness can be the reason some people will NOT and steel themselves against trusting once again.

Lots of justifications can be made for lots of things, but in the end it's really all about choice. And wisdom must be a factor too as Renda has mentioned several times.