God is good, ALL the time

morning fellow bloggers!

i write to you once again on a rainy day. but you know what? God is good! even with all this rain and dreary weather, He is good! pray for me; i have had a very hard and long past couple of weeks, and they don't seem to be getting better. i seem to be getting trials from every direction! things at work have not gotten any better, actually they've gotten worse. it is a constant struggle to maintain a good attitude here. i've reached a point where even the thought of going to work makes me want to curl into a fetal position in a corner and cry. i leave work absolutely drained and get to work struggling to stay awake and alert! and it probably doesn't help that i'm lacking in vitamin D right now because i haven't seen the sun more than 2 times in the past 3 weeks. i am weary. i have sent out TONS of applications and put my resume out in a lot of places and all i have received back are "thanks, but the position has been filled". its very frustrating. but even in the midst of all this, i know God is good. here's some verses that have been comforting:

Psalm 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.

Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

I Timothy 4:4
For everything created by God is good...

i don't know about you, but those verses are such encouragement to my tired heart! it is such a comfort to know that God has it under control. everything He's created (even trials) are good! James 1:2-4 is another great verse; Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
i want to be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. so i rejoice that i have trials, hard as it may be.
this past weekend, on mother's day, we went to my dad's parents' for lunch. i got there before any of the rest of my family and was talking to my grandparents. when they asked me how work was going, i explained that things were getting tougher and more tiresome, but that i believed God is sovereign over it. then i explained how sometimes it stresses me out. at that point, my papaw looked at me and said "i don't ever want to hear you say that again! if you truly know and believe that God is in control and sovereign, you will never stress another day in your life. if you are stressing out, then you don't truly believe it." it struck me to the core, because how true is that. even in my weakness, God is His strongest, so why should i ever stress out. God has blessed me with very wise grandparents!
please pray for me, that i would continue to dwell on the fact that God is good to bring trials into my life and that no matter what, He is sovereign and in control!

much love,
meg