God is still Good

So lately, I've been having this theme in my head continuously come up. It just seems to reoccur, every single day and in every single prayer. The theme that God is still Good. This small saying seems to be applicable to every situation in life. No matter what we go through, good or bad, God is still Good. It's amazing to be able to proclaim such a powerful set of words, when things in the world today, don't seem to go the way we want. When we have people in the world suffering and dieing everyday, God is still Good. When we have billionaires wiping their butts with 100$ bills, God is still Good. NO matter how good or bad it may seem, God is still Good.

But how often do we go around saying this, when we lose a family member, mostly likely the first thought in our head is not God is still Good, but rather why God, what did I do to deserve this? And thats reasonable, when something or someone is lost and gone forever, how are we to stand and say God you are still Good? Of course its easy to say it when we are happy and life is going as smooth as butter. Why wouldn't you lift up praises to him? God is watching over you and he is allowing you to be free and happy! But as soon as the sun goes down and your heart is surrounded by darkness, we go back to square one, and start blaming and asking God

why this?! why that?! and so on.

How easily we change from modes of praising God to blaming God, is quite remarkable. We do it all the time, and we may not even be aware of it. But a challenge that I believe we should all try is to praise God in all circumstances. Good and Bad, from the greatest moments of our lives to the worst and everything in between. I believe if we do this, Life will always be happy and joyful, and God will ALWAYS be Good.

May all praise and glory be lifted up to you, Lord.