Is God good? or Is life good?

I made the comment that "God is not good" my good friend responded

"Despite all of these problems with his faith, I still can't stop thinking about God being good. I know there is value in the shock of saying that God is not good to make people see the sinful state of this world. But the fact is, it's not biblical. In Luke 18 verse 18, Jesus tells the rich ruler that no one is Good except God alone, (I won't ignore that he said that he wasn't good also for the sake of a stronger argument, I don't know what to do with that) He says that God is good. Hopefully this can serve as a starting point for a conversation, but I just can't believe that God is not good, simply because we see the result of a sinful world. It’s hard to accept, definitely, but if we're going biblical here for evidence of God not being good, then we can't ignore verses that say he is. I know its a crappy world, I know God has done some things that we can't understand to be good (in this life and in the old testament), but he IS good. Somehow. Let me know what you think."

You are right God is good! My problem lies with how our culture defines “God is good" for some reason the idea that “God is good” turns in to “life is good” as well as the way that our society defines the word “good”. Good is something positive, good is what makes us happy, and good is never something bad. We would not say that someone getting raped or beaten. Or take a look at other counties there are kids dying and starving while battling one of the greatest epidemic this world has ever seen. If you are like me then there is a great divide in your mind because everything that the world says is bad and cause us feel a great pain. Was ushered into our lives by this God who is supposed to be so good? Because of that fact we become num to life and live in the life is good state. Over the years that becomes ingrained in our DNA we live as if that God has given us everything and never done anything that has caused us to question (we won’t publicly) we go thru life never having extreme low or extreme highs we just stay right in the middle at the level that society deemed as “good”. By doing that we are not allowing God to be God of our life’s. At some point we made a vow to remain in the good and limit the life that God has set out for us. As long as you have barriers set up you are taking the position of God in your life.

Our view of life lends us to a limited view of the greatest gift that God has to give. If we refuse to look at the pain in our life’s, we fail to understand how much we need grace. If you are familiar with the bridge illustration the bigger the gap of sin the more we need the cross and the grace of God. The greater your understanding of your depravity the great understanding of your desperate need for a savior.


We are missing out on a true relationship with Jesus and understanding what he did on the cross. The grace that was poured out that day is the greatest thing that will and can ever affect ours lives. If we miss this point we will really miss the boat on what God intended for our life’s.

lost in the crowd

a moment in time

"a moment in time" that is all it takes for everything around you to fade away. in this moment she is cared for, she is loved and she is wanted. nothing else matters to her in this moment she doesn't care how hungry she is and she is not worried about the the disease that may one day take her life. in this moment she is whole and in this moment she will find her peace and her savior. In this moment she is Perfect in His eyes

What is it about having nothing that makes you love everything? When you live on the edge of life and death on a daily basis you quickly began to let the small worries of life slip away. You truly understand and began to practice Matthew 6: 25-34

Do Not Worry

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^[b]?

28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

looking for hope

indescribable

31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to
eternal life."

Matthew 25: 31-46

the least of these

Heads or Tails

Varsity

Intense

They really do live in the wild

Gross

Let your light shine bright

The right place at the right time

But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5