All My Life He Has Been Faithful

 I watched a video on Facebook last night (I'll probably share it this weekend in the Saturday Six), and of course, when I say, "I watched a video," I mean "I cried all the way through it." In it, I was reminded of just how faithful God is and utterly convicted of just how often I overlook His faithfulness to me.

Ryan and I have been juggling a whole bunch of stuff lately. Some of it is work related, some of it is personal, and some of it is just about wrestling through Satan's mean attacks. The last week, especially, has been one in which we wake up and look only at that day's tasks. We do what needs done for that day and then worry about the next day when it arrives. (Although in fairness, that's what the Bible says to do anyway!)

In every single thing we juggled, it seemed we only found more complications and no answers, no reprieves, no resolutions. 

And then came yesterday. A break in the storm of it all.

God came through in the eleventh (eleven and a half?) hour for a financial need that concerned us. 

He provided a favorable resolution to a situation that was so far out of our control, but we had been begging for favor. 

He provided an answer to a question we needed to know, and in the answer, He provided insight into other questions we had, which offered so much peace of mind. 

He provided calm in a conversation that could have gone MUCH differently. 

So last night, I breathed and thought about all these things. God reminded me of the chorus to the song Goodness of God.

All my life You have been faithful
All my life You have been so, so good.
With every breath that I am able
I will sing of the goodness of God.

I don't want to overlook the goodness on any day, but after so many days of feeling suffocated and discouraged in the waiting, I cannot let this day pass without saying in print that it's true: all my life He has been faithful. All my life He has been so, so good. 

He has cared for me in ways I didn't (and in some cases couldn't) know in the moment. 

I am thankful.