God is Good...All the time

We've all heard the little ditty "God is Good....All the time and All the time...God is Good. It seems like this is said all the time and after awhile it just becomes a habit. We tend to do it just because the Pastor or whoever is up front gets it started. There are times I think here we go again. Another thing I catch myself rolling my eyes at is when I hear the song leader give the page for the prayer song before the pastoral prayer. At our church the one that is sung most frequently is God is so Good. After awhile we begin to sing this song without even thinking about it because we "do it all the time."



Well, today on my way home from work both these things came to me. When I went to work this morning it was snowing lightly. As the morning progressed, the snow kept coming. When I came out of work to go home (I'm still on 1/2 days from surgery) I had to clean off several inches of snow that had fallen throughout the morning. I hate to drive in bad weather, but drove home. It took me about 30 minutes to get from Bryan to Montpelier. At any rate when I hit the city limits I just said out loud "Thank you Lord." After I said it I felt like I had to clarify what I said. Sometimes we say "Thank you Lord." without really thinking. I said I really do mean thank you. Then tears came because I really did mean it. I have been driving back and forth to Bryan to work for approximately 19 years and not once have I hit a deer, which is a feat in itself, I have never been in an accident due to my error or someone elses and I have never slid off the road due to ice or snow. I take the same route every day and at times I've come close. If I had been a minute sooner or a few minutes later, I could have been in a couple very serious accidents, but I have always missed them. So as I thanked God the little ditty came to my mind. God is good....all the time and all the time...God is good. God is so good. He protects us when we are not even aware of it. I think we sometimes forget how good God is because we tend to get into a routine. Sometimes we need to stop saying things or stop singing things just for the sake of doing it and take time to look at the words and to really think about our lives and see the things that God does for us so we can say it with conviction and not just because.