God is Good

God is Good.

I've been thinking about the meaning of this phrase lately.

Usually people don't use it to mean what it really means. Or maybe that's just my opinion.
A lot of times it seems to me that people say it to mean: God just did something great for me.
Think about it. If someone says "God is good," we want to know what good thing is going on in
their lives. Not that this is a bad thing. We should be grateful to God for all the
good things He does in our lives. We should give Him the praise. But I think the phrase "God is good"
has a more complete meaning.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that God is good apart from our circumstances. The fact that God is
good is a deep unchangeable Truth. Whether things are going well or not, God is good. Sometimes
when we look at the world it takes faith to say God is good, but it is still true no matter what.

When I look at the situation in Congo with the mass mistreatment and mutilation of women, my heart breaks and I
wonder what the solution could be.

Still, God is good.

When I think about the suicide bomber who killed women and children in the maternity ward of a
hospital in Afghanistan I wonder how people can be so awful.

Still, God is good.

The sex trade seems to be increasing in both magnitude and perversity. It makes me sick.

Still, God is good.

Nothing will ever change this.

And in heaven, we will be able to experience his goodness without all the sadness and chaos that
are part of life on earth. I very much look forward to that.

So the response to "God is good" is as it should be: "All the time." But I didn't use to believe that, even when I
said it. Don't say it mindlessly. Really soak in the truth. God is good. All the time. Even when I can't
see it. Even when circumstances make me want to question it. Even when I am struggling.

God is good.

Do you believe it?