God's Been Good

I complain way too often, and I have no reason to be complaining! I have had more blessings than heartaches. As I look back at just these past few years I can see how God has been so good to me. I am so blessed with such a wonderful family and so many other things God has blessed me with, but I tend to dwell on the negative and on the things I don't have and the prayers He hasn't answered the way I wanted Him to answer them. It was while listening to a song that my brother(Adam)told me to listen to that I decided to write something new on here. The following lyrics were such a huge encouragement to me and I hope they can be to you as well, this is just the chorus: "God's been good in my life, I feel blessed beyond my wildest dreams when I go to sleep each night, though I've had my share of hard times, I wouldn't change them if I could, cause through it all, God's been good." I can't even begin to tell you all of the good He has done in my life. I feel so ashamed at how often I complain, because He has truly blessed me. It takes a reminder every now and then to realize how much He really has done for us. If you take a few minutes to look back at your life, you will as I did realize that there has been more good than bad in your life and God has truly been good to you. You have been blessed beyond your wildest dreams, and you will truly see that through it all God has been good. And then to think that it is all undeserved, we didn't do anything to deserve all this goodness, when you sit back and think about that it will truly change your life, and your perspective. We have all had hard times and we will continue to have them, but they have come into our lives for a reason, to teach us something. "God has been my Father, my Savior and my Friend, His love was my beginning and His love will be my end. I could spend forever trying to tell you everything He is, but the best way I could tell you is this: God's been good in my life, I feel so blessed beyond my wildest dreams when I go to sleep each night, and though I've had my share of hard times, I wouldn't change them if I could cause through it all, God's been good" I hope this encourages you to be thankful for all that God has done for you. Hearing that song truly changed my perspective and I am going to strive to be more thankful and not complain.