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This is the seventh in our God is good series. We trust these words are encouraging your hurting heart. God is good – all the time. If you want to catch up on all the previous articles, click here: one, two, three, four, five, six.

“God is good – even when it seems bad” is a simple, absolute truth. Our God is always good, always present for us when the “its” of life come barging into our days. The “its” of illness, broken relationships, financial struggles, and death bring us pain and sorrow. Yet, through it all God stands ready with only the comfort He can provide and a sustaining grace to carry us through the trial.

God makes it clear to us in His words to Isaiah “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways” (Isaiah 55:8) And we are told many times throughout the New Testament that we will have trials and struggles. We are also given the promise from Jesus Himself in Matthew 28:20 “I will never leave you – I am always with you”. God knows our pain. He counts every tear that falls when those “its” come. Sometimes He gives us understanding – sometimes He does not.

For me, it is wonderful when God moves in and resolves an “it” in my life. It is also a great comfort for me to know that when one of those “its” does not have a quick easy answer, He is right there alongside me collecting my tears and hearing every word my hurting heart is saying.

When understanding of the negative “its” of life does not readily come, I am learning to “Trust in the Lord with all my heart and to lean not on my own understanding”. (Prov 3:5) When I lean into trusting God I find a solid support that will sustain me until the day I am with Him in eternity.