there's no need to wait for your life to become good

on celebrating Goodness today

What if my life is just one long continuum of goodness? What if today is very good and Monday, May 9th, 2050, is also very good? What if the same goodness and mercy that follows me today will follow me later?

I have an affinity for white, one-story houses. I’m not entirely sure when that became a dream of mine, but it did. So, naturally, now when I drive and see a white, one-story home, I stare at it for as long as the traffic light (or lack thereof) allows. And recently, when I did it, I was so taken by a future that I could have. And I was taken in a way that made me feel as though I was waiting for the fulfillment of this dream, to think that a day is very good.

If I remember correctly, staring at the house and daydreaming at the stop light, I furrowed my brow as I thought maybe things are just very good now. I am not robbed of a fulfilling existence in this day. I think about the wooden floors of my apartment, and my iron-rusted bed frame, and the fact that there are always eggs of excellent quality in the fridge. And that there is a certain romantic element to my life when I consider that when God wakes me up at six in the morning, I can slink out of my bed sheets and into the stillness of the morning to make a cup of earl gray and stir the sun of honey and a moon splash of milk into my tea before the true sun has even risen.

I’m glad I thought about this. It’s a sobering and refreshing reminder to the soul to remember that the goodness of God has no starting or ending date. That there is much to be grateful for today, and that there won’t be things to run out of being grateful for as long as I shall live.

Abba is the same Father in my kitchen today as He will be in the coming years and in a different kitchen. He is constant, as well as His goodness, on this journey marked by His goodness.

I am not waiting for Monday, May 9th, 2050, for things to be good and admired and worthy of celebration and praise to God. Today is also very good.

With love,

Rebecca