God is Good

The one thing we never know about today is what it holds.  Oh, we make our plans.  We go to bed with thoughts about tomorrow and wake up ready to seek them out.  The Word of God reminds us that to live too far into the future is a foolish thing, but we lean strongly that way, nonetheless.  Of course, there is nothing wrong with planning.  It is a smart thing to do.  The only problem about making plans is not to become married to them.    

As we know they are forever changing.  It may be that what we plan is the way we walk, but when we look closely we are likely to see a step here and there that was not plan oriented and which may have actually been quite the surprise to us.  Some of our detours are blessings.  At the end of the day we are grateful for them.  Others seem like disaster unfolding and they are experienced more as chaos and disruption.    

The one thing we can know for sure about days when plans are lived out to perfection and days when plans are thrown in the ditch before the first step is that God still walks with us.  On those days filled with the sunshine of life going well, it is easy to see and affirm holy presence.  It is easy to say that "God is good."  And while it is not always be easy to see and know the presence of God in the days gone awry, it is still true that "God is good."  Circumstances do not change the goodness of God.  Actually, nothing changes the fact that He is both good and ever present with us.