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Good & Plenty
September 12, 2012

I have to admit that I’ve got a sweet tooth. Of all the candies I love, Good & Plenty is near the top of the list. Life is good when I have a handful of those luscious, sugar-coated licorice pieces!

There are a lot of good things in life. But like a feast of Good & Plenty, the goodness is soon over. Even the best of the good things can afterward leave us feeling empty and even regretful. So when the psalmist declares, “I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord, apart from You I have no good thing’” (Ps. 16:2 niv), I am intrigued. We all know that God is good. But when was the last time we embraced Him as the ultimate good in our life?

The psalmist explains just how good God really is: He is our preserver (v.1), our total goodness-giver (v.2), our counsel and instruction (v.7), and the One who makes known “the path of life” and fills us with joy in His presence (v.11). Now that’s what I call good!

Unfortunately, too often we let lesser “goods” eclipse our acceptance of the everlasting goodness of God in our lives. The fleeting nature of lesser goods will ultimately disappoint us—you can count on it. Only God is truly good! And there is plenty of Him for all we need.

Oh, taste the goodness of the Lord
And savor all that He has done;
Draw close and give your praise to Him—
The holy, sovereign, faithful One. —Sper

God alone is good. Don’t settle for second best.

Read: Psalm 16

You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You. —Psalm 16:2

Bible in a Year:
Ezekiel 28-30

[JustAmy]

September 12, 2012

Graphics by Billie

[geologist]

Today during a daily morning walk, picking up a rock that fit comfortably in hand ... thinking of the nature of rocks. They are enduring symbols. Hearing and seeing as it were all of History. Once a scientist said on the radio, that all spoken words were still reverberating in the universe, Interesting to think about.

Rocks were witnesses to Israel and Joshua ... crossing the river Jordan into the promised land. 2 Sets of twelve stones ... one set for a memorial there for Israel forever. One set of 12 stones in the midst of the river that ‘all the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty, that ye might fear the LORD you God forever’.

Joshua 4