The Bible's verdict is that God loves us because He chooses to despite our faults, sins, and failings. He doesn't give up and say, "That's the last straw, and dump us off," but continues knowing that there is hope and He believes in hope. In fact, hope is only second to love, which by the way God IS, in its track record at transforming hearts and therefore entire lives.
The great love chapter sums it up--
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13
I said all that to say we can love someone without necessarily trusting them or even liking them much.
Just ask any mother with a treacherous wayward son, or father with a much to wild or loose daughter.
Why do they get burned time and again, it's not because they trust it's because they hope in a future change that they genuinely yearn to see for their loved ones own peace and happiness.
Once again, besides the image of God we are made in, we act much like Him.
So it is with God, He may not trust us with certain things, but yet helps us out of one more jam hoping we look up to see Him looking down with love and pulling the magic strings.
Romans 8:24-25
For in hope we were saved. But hope which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?
But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.
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