Sometimes, especially when I'm saying goodbye to people, I adopt this idea that life will always be sad and the only complete joy is in heaven. While that is maybe a true statement at face value, the verse of the Psalm above reminds me that God's goodness is seen today, every day, "in the land of the living"--"normal" days, sad days, happy days--peace and joy and strength and love come from a God who is intimately familiar and interested in our physical days.
Sometimes the looking forward in hope to heaven is faith-inspiring and obedient...other times it is me responding to God in bitterness, closing my eyes to the gifts of goodness I've received today. Please God, strengthen my faith so that I have both hope and confidence that you have goodness planned for eternity, the future, and for today...
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