God is so Good

I have never been so struck as I have in the past several months how truly good God is.  We (Debsue and I) are in the midst of some trials which has drawn us closer to sensing God's presence each and every day.  When things are going well, you become desensitized to how God truly blesses day in and day out.  When things are tough from a worldly perspective, they open up our "divine" eyes to see how good God is.

We have been to four weddings in the past month or so.  Of course one of those was our daughter.  We attended one last Saturday for some dear friends of ours.  Meghan, our daughter was the matron of honor as Alison was Meghan's maid of honor.  It was a very unique wedding, but all I can say is God's presence was truly in that place.  It was genuine worship and honoring of Him.  Then there is a growing awareness of how wonderful it is to have friends who don't care about status, but love you for who you really are.  Yes, we have friends like that.  There is the growing awareness of how special family is.  Yes, I am married to a truly wonderful woman and I have kids that are phenomenal.   Our parents are special.  The list goes on and on.  Yes, they have flaws and faults, but they are truly special.

Finally, there is the intimate awareness of God's presence throughout the day.  I have never experienced until recently living out "praying without ceasing" or the hymn "he walks with me and he talks with me".  What a joy unspeakable.  God walks with me and I can talk with him each and every day.  I can't wait to see how he is shaping me.