Having a good job is such a blessing. And a good job can help us create a comfortable bank account. That bank account may afford us the means to healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle that results in a healthy body. And that healthy body may draw the attention of someone of the opposite sex that could lead to a healthy relationship and a healthy marriage.

But as good and healthy and wonderful as all these things are, they have a downside: we can easily put our trust in any or all of them. And when we lose any or all of them, our world falls apart.

This week in our series The Way, we’ll look at the wisdom James offers to keep our trust in the right thing, or more accurately, the right person.