God Is Good...All The Time

Sometimes God's acts of goodness may appear harsh or even cruel. Sometimes He may be hard to understand.

In our world today, God's children need a reminder to trust Him when we don't undersatnd and nothing seems to make sence. God is bigger than our suffering. We can have hope as we place out trust in Him...in His faithfulness and His ability to work out in our lives His purposes that will be for our ultimate good and His eternal glory.

I want to share an analogy with you about a three-year-old boy who swallows poison. The father calls poison control, and they say, "You have to get him to the hospital. And whatever you do, don't let him fall asleep. If he falls asleep, he'll die."

It was a cold winter night. His father rushes the boy to the car, sits beside him in the front seat, and rolls all the windows down. The boy's head starts to drop. His father slaps him in the face. The boy cries. His head starts to nod again. The father slaps him again and again, all the way to the hospital.

Can the child understand why his father is slapping him in the face? Of course not. He's only three years old. His father, through his tears, says, "I love you, son." But if this is love, the boy doesn't want any more of it.

Even though the child does not understand, the father is acting in his son's best interests. The father is doing good. What the child considers cruelty is actually kindness. Is it possible that God shows his love for us in the midst of human suffering and like that three-year-old, we sometimes don't understand?

God can be good in the midst of chaos; He can be loving without bowing to our every wish or desire.

To say that God is good is not to say God will always appear to be good, or that when He is good we will always like Him for it. We just have to TRUST and BELIEVE that GOD IS GOOD...ALL THE TIME.

Blessings,
Dalinda