“Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!” Psalm 34:8;   ” I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.” – Psalm 52:9

For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5

Two testimony illustrations that impact my view on the goodness of God:

Often, I have heard people say, “How good God is! We prayed that it would not rain for our church picnic and look at the lovely weather!'” Yes, God is good when He sends good weather. But God was also good when He allowed my sister, Betsie, to starve to death before my eyes in a German concentration camp. I remember one occasion when I was very discouraged there. Everything around us was dark, and there was darkness in my heart. I remember telling Betsie that I thought God had forgotten us. “No, Corrie,” said Betsie, “He has not forgotten us. Remember His Word: ‘For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.'” Corrie concludes, “There is an ocean of God’s love available–there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love–whatever the circumstances.”  Corrie Ten Boom

One of God’s faithful missionaries, Allen Gardiner, experienced many physical difficulties and hardships throughout his service to the Savior. Despite his troubles, he said, “While God gives me strength, failure will not daunt me.” In 1851, at the age of 57, he died of disease and starvation while serving on Picton Island at the southern tip of South America. When his body was found, his diary lay nearby. It bore the record of hunger, thirst, wounds, and loneliness. The last entry in his little book showed the struggle of his shaking hand as he tried to write legibly. It read, “I am overwhelmed with a sense of the goodness of God.” – Allen Gardiner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Francis_Gardiner

Are you able to focus on the goodness of God today?  May we all keep in mind the heavenly perspective of God’s goodness, Pastor Larry