God is Good, God is Great

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So good to see these cousins together at Disney.
March 5
As a child did you say this blessing...
"God is good, God is great, let us thank him for our food. By His hands we all are fed. We thank him for our daily bread, Amen?"

 The next generation sang the Johnny Appleseed blessing...
"Oh, the Lord's been good to me and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need, the sun and the rain and the appleseed. The Lord's been good to me.  Amen!"

 Somewhere in the mix was:
"Thank you for the world so sweet, thank you for the food we eat.
 Thank you for the birds that sing, thank you God for everything. Amen"

 God is good and God is great! I read a She Reads Truth article about the difference.

 "To say God is great is to focus on His power: He speaks creation into existence, makes the skies thunder and rain, and sets the planets in their orbits. But to say God is good is different; it is not just another way of recognizing His power. The goodness of God speaks to His personal character—who He is in relationship to us. In all ways and in all things, God is good. He is never absent, disinterested, careless, ill-tempered, petty, spiteful, or mean. He is set apart from all evil and does what is right, faithful, kind, and true. Always."

 That makes me happy!  He is all powerful. Mighty beyond our understanding, but also He is so, so good and caring about every detail of our lives.

Psalm 119:68 finds the psalmist praying:
"You are good and you do what is good; teach me your statutes."

 The only way to learn those statutes and the intricacies of God's greatness and goodness is to dig daily into His Word. Without It, I'm a sinking ship.  And that's no good!

 Sing along with Chris Tomlin in his song "Good Good Father"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqybaIesbuA

 One of my dearest mentors, was a Sunday school teacher to our children.  Whenever you left her presence she would said, "Remember..."  and together we would say,
"God is good all the time, and all the time God is good."  Now I'm adding God is also GREAT!

"The Lord is good!  His faithfulness will last forever." Psalm 100:5



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