God is Good

God is good.

I've been thinking about this alot lately.

When good news comes our way, it's so easy to say God is so good. He sees you and knows your needs.

But what about when bad news comes our way? Do we still say and trust that He is just as good?

When we get a positive pregnancy test or a negative one when we were so hoping for a positive one? Do we trust that He is still good? Do we fully believe this to be true? 

When we find out the gender of the baby growing inside of us, and it happens to be the gender we were hoping for? It's so easy to thank God and say He is good!

But what about when it's not the gender we were hoping for? Can we still say He is good? Do we still thank God for that beautiful life growing within us.

Do we believe God is good even when we don't get what we want?

Do we trust Him to give us what we need even if it's the opposite of what we think we want?

Do we trust Him fully to surrender to His will, knowing it is greater than our own?

Do we release the relationship we're in fully to him, and possibly end it when we don't feel peace even though we really long to be married? And when the heartache comes, do we trust that He is still good?

When someone we love is diagnosed with cancer, do we believe He is good? If they are cured and even if they die, do we still proclaim that God is good?

In our sorrow, in our grief, in our pain, He is present and He is good.

Do we truly believe this?

(these are some real life examples, none of them my own actually)