AUGUST 2023 NEWSLETTER
AUGUST 2023 NEWSLETTER
ROBERT
LINDENBERGER
711 WAGER
AVENUE
TITUSVILLE, FL
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321-367-7184
God is good all the time; all the time, God is good! Amen?
Is God truly good? What does it mean to you personally that God is good?
Dr. Larry
Crabb says, “When you see a child suffer when the doctor says certain things to
you, you really wonder if God is good.”
God, where
are You? If You’re good, then it seems
to me that things should work out like this-,’ and I impose my definition of
good on God. And I say, ‘This is what
the word good means: It means that I won’t get cancer again. It means my wife won’t die prematurely. It means my kids will be healthy and make
enough money to pay the bills.’
“When I look
at God and say, ‘You’re not cooperating with my definition of good, the natural
consequence is not trust, not worship. It’s idolatry. I’m going to find some other god that agrees
with my definition of good. Satan comes
along and basically says, ‘I’ll arrange for what you want.’ And you’ll have
certain pleasures for a season, and then it’ll be awful.”
It is not
God’s intention to give us everything we want. Getting what we want is not the key to
happiness, peace, or contentment. Since
we cannot see the full picture and do not have all the facts, our judgment is
skewed. God would not be God if He could
not see all things and judge all situations for the ultimate good.
God’s word is
absolute truth; don’t let your doubts get in the way of His perfect plan.
“You are
talking like (one of the) foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God and not
trouble?” (Job 2:10).
Most
Holy God, my limited view is getting in the way of truth. Even when I don’t feel it, help me to know
without a doubt Your goodness and faithfulness to me. Amen.
--Used with permission of Grief support
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Marian went to her home prepared for her nine years ago. I was alone most of those years and, at one point, was happy and wrote in my Journal: “I love you, LORD because you first loved me. You left your Heavenly home and came to show us who and what we are, and you suffered and died for my sin—all I had to do accept your pardon. When I did that, you came to live in my heart. I am happy (blessed) just to be in your presence. It is almost scary to think what is coming up. I need You to be fully charged when the bad times come keep me keeping on, for Jesus.” My phone went dead during a much needed phone call. I learned a lesson, keep it charged. That’s why I wrote, “need to be fully charged.”
GOD IS GOOD.
One way God expresses goodness is through His mercy. Throughout the Gospels, we see the LORD filled with compassion and ministering to people who are suffering. The demon-possessed man Jesus met in the country of the Gerasenesh-he was broken in both mind and body, wandering naked among the tombs (Luke 8:26-39. The people there had bound him with chains and shackles, keeping him under guard, not for his well-being, but for their own. As far as we know, nobody has tried to ease his suffering.
But that’s
precisely what Jesus did. Not only did
he cast out the demons, he also told the man and spoke with him. We might think the miraculous healing was
more than enough. Still, Jesus wasn’t
finished until He returned man to full humanity by caring for his physical
things and welcoming them back into the community. That’s what God’s goodness looks like – love
without limit(Ephesians 2:4-7).
--Adapted
from Charles Stanley, In Touch
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