goodness of god
Do you have someone that has been faithful to you your whole life? Someone who has been so good to you? That no matter what you faced they were there? No matter what you did they had mercy on you? That from the moment you wake up to the moment you go back to sleep they held you? In your darkest hour they were always there?
I have always wanted to have that, and I am so thankful to say that I do. So do you if you have the Lord as your Savior. Sometimes it takes us a while to realize He is always with us, and we can cry out to Him anytime we need to. We have access to Him no matter the day, time, hour or minute. I think we can take that for granted at time also. I know I have. I have especially learned over the last several years to remember to go to Him and say thank you first before I do anything else. I want to always remember that He has been faithful and so good to me and when things are going well, I don’t want to forget that He is the reason it is good. I know when bad things happen it is hard to remember that He is always good. Just because He is always good doesn’t mean that bad things won’t and don’t happen but in those moments we need to remember that He is faithful.
Over the past week I have continued to hear the song Goodness of God by CeCe Winans. I would say I have probably heard it 4-5 times. It just keeps popping up so I am thinking that I may just need to be hearing what it is saying right now. Here are some of the lyrics.
I love You, Lord
For Your mercy never fails me
All my days, I've been held in Your hands
From the moment that I wake up
Until I lay my head
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God
'Cause all my life You have been faithful
And all my life You have been so, so good
With every breath that I am able
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God
I love Your voice
You have led me through the fire
In darkest night You are close like no other
I've known You as a Father
I've known You as a Friend
And I have lived in the goodness of God, yeah
Your goodness is running after, it's running after me
Your goodness is running after, it's running after me (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Your goodness is running after, it's running after me
With my life laid down, I surrendered now
I give You everything
Your goodness is running after, it keeps running after me
And all my life You have been faithful
And all my life You have been so, so good
With every breath that I am able
Oh, I'm gonna sing of the goodness of God
WOW! What an amazing thing to know. To know that no matter what, if you have a relationship with the Lord and He has saved you, that you have all this. He is our Father and our Friend. The most faithful One we will ever have. Every time I hear this song, I can’t help but lift my hands as soon as the chorus starts, even if I am driving in the car! I do keep one hand on the steering wheel though. It is hard at times, but I do! I can’t help it and it makes me so very thankful that I can say:
'Cause all my life You have been faithful
And all my life You have been so, so good
With every breath that I am able
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God
Even now, I am praising Him while writing this. I have stopped several times to raise my hands and heart to Him. I love it when a song does that. You can get lost in the words and when you sing them and really listen, they move you. Maybe it is just me, but I am going to venture a guess and say it isn’t.
I had my first Ashes Into Beauty Retreat (widow’s retreat) last weekend and as the weekend started I was very emotional. I was both thankful and sad at the same time. I was thankful that I was having the retreat but also sad for the reason I was having the retreat. I could feel His goodness running after me. In that moment I realized how faithful He had been to me and is continuing to be. Yes, I already knew it, but it was another moment of clarity. I have those often.
I want to, with every breath I am able, sing of His goodness. Let’s do this together.
Confident in His love,
Isaiah 54:10
