Ascribe to You

You are good. Always good.

Always working for my good. In perfect timing. In perfect love. You DO love me. You love me even when it doesn’t feel like it. Even when it hurts. Even when it’s hard love, a severe mercy. 

This is truth. You are truth. You are truth even when there are wars raging in me. Even when every fibre of my soul is inclined to doubt You, You never sway, never falter, never change. 

These ugly parts of me, You knew. Even before the foundation of the world. You created me, created these tears in my eyes for this very purpose, fashioned them from Your own, because you knew I would need to grieve. You knew I would need to cry with You over the devastation of sin, the repercussions of a thousand misguided steps, a thousand wrong-turned eyes, a thousand idol-worships.

And still You are sovereign. Still You are omnipotent. Still You knew that even these hurts, these tears cried for brokenness, would all somehow work for Your glory. That somehow even these mis-directions would be used as re-directions to that place we all need to be: the place of sacrifice, of surrender, of weakness, of dependence, of reliance on You and You alone. 

You alone. You are my everything. Everything here. Everything there. You aren’t limited to a location on the globe. You aren’t glorified by me in countries or in campuses, in cities or in states. You are glorified by You in me. And that’s what makes this whole thing possible. You in me. Not me in me, or me plus You, or me then You. 

Just you. That’s it. Right here. Right now. And You’ve promised that will never change. People, places, events, circumstances, hopes, dreams, pursuits, relationships- those will all change. But not You. 

You are my satisfaction and my praise. The only one worthy of my worship, the daily breathing of a soul surrendered to it’s maker. A scandalous grace. A severe mercy. An untamable passion for all that is good, true, and lovely. 

And that’s why I can trust You. Because no matter what, no matter where, no matter who, no matter when, You ARE good.

You are God.