Today’s insight journey led me to the idea that God is good. I know it’s a straightforward truth, and probably nothing that is new to most of us. We’ve likely heard many people say the familiar adage God is good to which we all generally respond All the time. It’s a saying that’s said in just about every Protestant church in some way, shape, or another. It’s a phrase that’s raised by friends and family in the southern United States almost as much as the typical greetings of Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes and How have you been? the answer to which is always Blessed or Blessed and highly favored.
Hearing someone say that God is good, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to carry with it the weight and magnitude of the full power of its truth. He is good. Even when it doesn’t seem like it. In fact, especially when it doesn’t seem like it.
In all transparency I’ve been dealing with a bit of an unexpected and not-so-fun season. I’ve felt as though I was in a rut for quite a while now, with challenge after challenge surfacing. I’ve been looking and praying for some relief, and admittedly so, when it seems that relief has evaded me or the relief that I’ve received hasn’t arrived in the package I’d hoped to receive it in, it’s been a bit disheartening.
I’ve been tempted to throw in the towel, switch gears completely and go in a different, perhaps easier, direction, or at least do something different than what I’ve been doing.
I’ve had moments when I’ve felt like God had forgotten about me, that He wasn’t listening to or considering me anymore. That He was even through with me. I was feeling low, lower than I’d felt in a while, and I felt too exhausted from pressing through it all to try to take another step.
And then, in typical God fashion, He sent me some bread crumbs—little and big reminders of His continual presence, His uninterrupted focus on me, and His tremendous, unconditional love for me. He reminded me that those aspects of His nature don’t change just because times get tough. In fact, they don’t change at all. And that, no matter what I face, He is there for me. He’s always with me. He always loves me. And He is good. It’s not only in His nature, it is His nature.
I began to realize just how much I’d needed that reminder. How much I still needed Him. No, things aren’t perfect, and not all of the challenges have been resolved. But I am reminded, beyond a shadow of doubt, that God is with me, He is for me, and He is good.
And if He’s that way with me, then He’s certainly that way with you, too. Be blessed. #lovebythedrop
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