The Proverbs 31 Girl Is...Trustworthy

Today I am beginning my series on Proverbs 31. (I introduced it last week; you can find that here.)

I want to look at Proverbs 31:11 today. This verse says, "The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain." From this verse, we see that the Proverbs 31 girl is trustworthy. 

Many verses will talk about husband, children, and family while still presenting virtues that we can emulate in our everyday life. This is one such verse. Her husband trusts in her, which makes her trustworthy. Being trustworthy is something worth striving for in our everyday teenage life, even though we aren't married yet. 

Being trustworthy basically means that other people feel as though they can tell us personal information or confidential secrets without us telling the world. It also means that people can trust our word and that we don't have a reputation of lying. 

How to do it:

• Try not to gossip. Often, we participate in gossip without even realizing what it is. If you're talking about a person who isn't with you and it isn't something you would say to their face, it probably classifies as gossip. A gossip will often not be trusted with the secrets of even her closest friends. Try to steer the conversation of your friends to something else if it becomes gossip, and never, ever, start gossip circulating. 
• If someone tells you something that they don't want shared, it's very simple. Don't share it. If you do it will be very hard to get their trust back. 
• Don't tell lies. This is probably something we have all been taught from a very young age, but it's actually very important. If you get in the habit of telling lies, you will lose your credibility when you actually need people to trust you.

What do you think? Is this something you need to work on? Do you have any other strategies for being a trustworthy girl?