You Give and Take Away

 

God ALONE is good. Last Tuesday was the hardest and most emotional day of my life thus far. I will not go into great detail; however I will say, I found myself at the foot of the cross, fully dependent upon God for His Plan, His Grace, and His Mercy. This is not a place as Americans that we are familiar with. We are often not mentally aware that we are fully dependent upon God for everything. The breath that I have, the life that I have, the wife that I have, and the daughter that I now have, these are all gifts from God that are not promised to us nor is He required to give them to us to be good. God is good apart from His provision to us. We could have nothing and God would still be good.

Knowing this humbles me even more. I deserve nothing! God’s goodness is not dependent upon anything that I am given, but yet He has given me much! God blessed me with a wonderful and beautiful wife and now He has blessed me with a beautiful and wonderful daughter. God has given me so much, but He could have just as easily taken it away, and I would still declare that God is good.

I’m not sure what is going on in your life this week, or even this month, but I know that there will be good things and bad things. You may gain a child, meet your spouse, enjoy an anniversary, or get a new job, however you might also lose a child, continue a single life, loose a spouse, lose your job, or experience pain in many other forms. My prayer for you is that in the good times and in the bad times, we together as the body of Christ can declare that God Alone Is Good. We have NOTHING apart from God, we can do nothing apart from God, and nothing apart from God is good. God Alone Is Good.

You Give and Take Away, You Give and Take Away May My Heart Choose to Say: “Blessed Be Your Name”.