Scripture Text:

"Your goodness is as high as the mountains." (Psalm 36:6)

Thought:

God is good.  There's a simple song we sometimes sing called "God is so good".  The words are repeated over and over.  Why do we sing such a simple song?  Because sometimes the most powerful thoughts are comprised in the most simple words.

God is good in so many ways.  In this age of blaming someone for everything, God is often blamed for so many things.  When someone has a string of bad luck, they say God is against them.  When a family looses a loved one, they say, "How could God take him from us?"  When someone is tempted to live a life of sin, they say, "How could God create me this way?"

Here's the simple truth.  God is good.  He doesn't make bad things happen, he doesn't take away our loved ones, and he doesn't make us do bad things.  Some of these things occur because he was good enough to give us choices in life.  And, best of all, when we do bad things, he's good enough to welcome us back.  Praise God, He is good!!!

Prayer:

Great and merciful God, we praise you for your goodness.  We know that we sometimes want to blame someone for the bad things in life and on earth.  However, we must resist the temptation to blame them on you.  Help us to overcome the "blame game" mentality of this world.  Help us to recognize your goodness in all that you've done for us.  Help us to share that goodness with our fellow man.  In Christ's name, Amen.