He is Good.

There are alot of songs in the past few years that have talked about the goodness of God. Recently, a song titled, "You Are Good" has become a favorite. The lyrics are:

I want to scream it out

From every mountain top

Your goodness knows no bounds

Your goodness never stops

Your mercy follows me

Your kindness fills my life

Your Love amazes me

I sing because You are good

And I dance because You are good

And I shout because You are good

You are good to me to me

Nothing and no one comes
Anywhere close to You

The earth and oceans deep

Only reflect this truth

And in my darkest night

You shine as bright as day

Your Love amazes me

With a cry of praise my heart will proclaim

You are good You are good

In the Sun or rain my life celebrates

You are good You are good.

Did you read that last line? "In the Sun OR rain, my life celebrates. YOU ARE GOOD. I looked up the definition of "good" and this is what I found:

Good=morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious; satisfactory in quality, quantity; being of high quality; excellent; right; proper; fit.

God is GOOD. He is excellent. No matter where I, or you, may be at in this journey of life, He is GOOD. SO GOOD. No matter what troubles I face, no matter what bills are piling up, no matter where my brother is, or what my circumstances look like, He is GOOD. My soul, my spirit, cries out His goodness. I want my life to be a testimony of God's goodness. I thank Him for being so good to me. It is His nature to be good to me. It is His desire. He is Good. I don't think I can say it enough! I used to think that being called "good" wasn't a strong enough word, it needed to be "awesome," or "great," but now, being "good" is perfect. It's more than enough. It carries it's own strength. God is Good.
So, the next time you look at your life and feel that you have been neglected, or your heart hurts, or you aren't where you thought you would be in this life...take a minute to remember that God has been GOOD to you. He is good! Sing a sing of His goodness, or hey, for those "brave" ones out there--dance because He is good! God is so good!

Relishing in His Goodness,

Andrea

11 months

It's already February 1. Can you believe it? Only 11 months left in 2012! Crazy when you think about it. January wasn't what I expected, but it was exactly what God wanted. In January, I started to learn that hurting is ok, and He is the Healer of broken hearts, broken dreams. I started to learn to trust Him with everything...everything inside and out...my hurts, my fears, my brokeness, my doubts, everything. I am learning that He is true to His Word. I am learning that His Word really applies to me, He meant everything He said, and He meant it for me. I am learning to look forward instead of backwards. I am learning that His grace is suffucient and His mercies are new every morning! I still don't have a job, but I don't worry about it anymore. I KNOW that I have done everything that He has asked of me. I have been obedient in everything and so now, He MUST follow through with His promises!
I do want to make this clear...my blogs the past few months have been full of hurt, pain, and at times anger, BUT the things I've been through, the relationship I had, I don't regret. I loved him with everything I was. I don't hate him, I don't despise him, most of the time I don't even hurt anymore. What does hurt is some of the choices he is making, I only want God's absolute best for him and I'm not sure he is striving for that. I don't understand alot of the things that happened, alot of the choices that were made, but I do know that I loved him. We both made mistakes, we both learned, we both felt hurt and pain. I believe that God will turn this all into good. This relationship will be a chapter in my book, a good chapter. He was my first love and I won't ever forget him because of that. I will pray for him everyday and wish him all the happiness in the world!
Now back to me:) There are so many things that I want God to do this year, so many things, but more than anything I want Him to do what He wants. I want Him to dream His dreams for me. Next January, I want to be able to look back at the past year and stand in awe-struck wonder at what He has done in me and for me. He has asked that I "marry Him" this year. This is harder than it sounds. I want someone with skin on, but I want Him more. He has promised so many things to me and I will do whatever He asks of me. If anything, He knows now that I will obey Him no matter what the cost. He has promised, that like Abraham and Isaac, I have sacrificed much, but my blessings will be much; not only do I have this amazing, anointed, incredible husband preparing himself for me, I have a calling, an anointing, books to write, dreams to dream, and fairytales to watch unfold! It is exciting, the things He is getting ready to release to me:) Although the pain is, was, great; the blessings HAVE to be greater! I'm so ready to live out the next 11 months!

Dreaming His Dreams,

Andrea