Psalm 34

It just occurred to me that this is God showing me Himself in good days — a side that i’m not familiar with and could not believe in, though i know it in my head to be true. This is Him in the spring time and sunny days. I’ve seen Him in the valley of the shadow of death, in the storm, in times of desperate need, but i don’t know all of Him, and this is a good time to know the side of Him that proclaims, “Taste and see that the Lord is good!”

When i think about a time that i was truly happy and content, knowing that i’m exactly where i’m meant to be, i think of that one time i sat with my mother around the fountain at MBS. We were just sitting, and she was enjoying the sound of the water, being out, and feeling well. And in that moment i knew there was nowhere else i should be, and i wanted to be nowhere else. I used to think that the moment was past, and i had no way to find that happiness again.

But in fact she was just showing me how it is possible. i have thought so many times that she would have been so happy to be here and enjoying all these opportunities i have. But it does not have to be regret that lingers. It can be the example of the moments to come that i can also just sit, and know that God is still God in good times.

It’s a bit of an upside down lesson, but God’s face is in the light, and all is well.