From God

God's goodness strikes us in many ways, even in a sunny, humidity-free Monday morning like today. Prayers answered, guidiance sought and received, good wishes from good people, just being alive. There are days when all is well, to say the least. Yes, the Psalmist was right when he wrote, "Taste and see that the Lord is good" or in another translation, "Taste and see the goodness of the Lord." (Ps 34: 9). He does fill us with the finest wheat...not only in the bread we eat, nor the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, but in the beauty of creation, the grandeur of the heavens and earth, the magnificent people we have so far met and will meet, and in the assurance that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE with him.
A friend of mine, who has been destitute for work and money for two years, called last night to say that she is receiving an inheritance this week and now has a job. She had hit her uttermost bottom, but her honesty with God in prayer has finally been rewarded by his goodness. Every phone conversation with her has been from the depths of depression and near despair until last night. She was a new person, into a day like today after two years of storms. God knows our needs, our endurance and what is best for us. When he comes through, it's like being born again. "All comes from God...we only offer him what we have received."
Bro. Rene