"For God is good…" Psalm 11:7 (LB)
Oh, the joy of being a grandmother!
Twenty-seven month old Mary Kathryn and I were running errands. My hand held
tightly to the wheel as I maneuvered us through the traffic. Mary Kathryn sat in
the rear securely buckled in her car seat.
There was no need for conversation that day. Mary Kathryn’s precious voice was
ringing out with songs she had learned from Sunday School and her kids praise
videos. The song in her heart was springing forth vocally from the back of our
car. The melodies definitely were cheering my spirit as we continued our
journey.
A few minutes later I decided to share a package of M&M’s with Mary Kathryn. The
tiny, colorful pieces of chocolate were her favorite. While laughing and eating
the M&M’s, lovingly I said to her, "These M&M’s are so good." Almost as if I had
given her a queue with the word good, Mary Kathryn began to sing "God Is So
Good." To my delight, I listened in awe as her sweet angelic voice completed the
song.
Startled that she knew all of the words, I thanked God that at the tender age of
twenty-seven months, Mary Kathryn really knew God was good. Life as viewed from
her youthful perspective was all about love.
Does the simple word "good" trigger in your mind the fact that God is good, He’s
so good to us? Are you twenty seven months, twenty seven years old, or perhaps
nearing the age of Mary Kathryn’s grandmother? It really doesn’t matter. You can
let God’s goodness engulf you. Soak it up.
He loves,
honors,
cherishes,
esteems,
values,
guards,
and protects you.
Amidst the trials and tribulations that confront you daily, let the song that
sprang from the heart of a very young granddaughter remind you that "God is
good…"
Melva Cooper Jmelva@cox-internet.com
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