GOD IS GOOD. This I believe with all my heart. I will go to my grave believing God is good. Human beings are suspect, and one has to be very careful in choosing just whom one will trust, but God is good.

God's lovingkindness is everlasting and the Bible says, "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes" (Ps 118:8-9). How do we know this? Because the Bible tells us that it is human beings who rejected the One who was actually God's chief cornerstone," the One who showed us that God is our God (Ps. 118:22, 28).

Knowing that God is good affects those who believe it to the very core of their being. Having tasted the goodness of God, those who call Him their God seek to live in response to that marvelous goodness. How could it be otherwise? Embraced within the loving goodness of God, His grace becomes a way of life for them. It isn't about religion. It isn't about creed. It isn't even about giving oneself to the highest principle possible. It is about being in relationship with the Living God, the Living God who is good.

God is good and He loved the world so much that "He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). On that basis we can trust Him. We can worship Him. We can live for Him. We can say, "The Lord is for me; I will not fear…the Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation" (Ps. 118:6, 14).

All these things caused the psalmist to say, "The Lord is God, and He has given us light…You are My God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, and I extol You" (Ps. 118:27a, 28).