This Good Day

Sometimes it’s hard to say that. Some days are really hard. Some days you think you won’t make it through. How can we say “This good day” when there’s so much pain out there? When you know some mom is sitting in the hospital wondering if this will be the day her baby dies. When some wife is wondering if she’ll be able to endure her marriage one more day, or if this is the day she’ll run and never look back. Or a daughter who has lost her mom thinks if she lies in her bed to cry…she’ll never get up again. So much pain, so much bondage, so much brokenness.

Yet I know that this is a good day. How do I know that? Because I know that God is real and He is with me:

“Who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock? God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect.” Psalm 18:31-32

This verse has proven true in my life more times than I can count. When I thought my parents divorce would shatter my life irreparably, God took care of it; When I thought after 4 years of infertility that I’d never be called, “Mommy”, God took care of it; In times of loss, anxiety, and confusion, He was with me. On days of gray and dreariness, He has always turned me to the sun. My God has always been with me and always taken care of it…ALWAYS.

So now I know, every day is a good day. I can look at the rain and the hardship, the sickness and the confusion, take some courage from my God and say: This good day.

Jennifer