Someone I trusted turned on me. I feel stupid for trusting them.

Being betrayed by someone you trusted turns the trusting itself into the thing you regret. Daniel was thrown to lions precisely because he kept doing what was right, and the account is careful about what happened next — the lions were real, the night was real, and they did not touch him. The trust was never the mistake.

The conversation

The child: “Daddy God, someone I trusted turned on me. I feel stupid for trusting them.”

God: “You're not stupid for trusting. You're human. Daniel was too.”

The child: “What did they do?”

God: “Tricked the king into outlawing prayer for thirty days. They knew Daniel would pray.”

God: “He went to the lions' den. Not for doing wrong. For doing right.”

The child: “What happened in the den?”

God: “'My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths.'”

God: “The lions were real. The danger was real. And they didn't touch him.”

The child: “But the betrayal still hurts.”

God: “Of course. Judas used a kiss. David's own son turned on him.”

The child: “Will I ever trust again?”

God: “You will. Start with Me. I've never broken a promise to anyone.”

The child: “Will You shut the lions' mouths for me?”

God: “I already have. You're still here.”

"My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt." Daniel 6:22, KJV