Good News Publishers Is god good? (pack of 25), paperback/max lucado

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I remember the day as a sunny, summer Brazilian one.

My wife, Denalyn, and I were spending the afternoon with our friends Paul and Debbie.

Their house was a welcome relief.

We lived close to downtown Rio de Janeiro in a high-rise apartment.

Paul and Debbie lived an hour away from the city center in a nice house where the air was cooler, the streets were cleaner, and life was calmer.

Besides, they had a swimming pool.

Our two-year-old daughter, Jenna, loved to play with their kids.

And that is exactly what she was doing when she fell.

We didn't intend to leave the children unattended.

We had stepped into the house for just a moment to fill our plates.

We were chatting and chewing when Paul and Debbie's four-year-old walked into the room and casually told her mom, Jenna fell in the pool.

We exploded out the door.

Jenna was flopping in the water, wearing neither floaties nor a life jacket.

Paul reached her first.

He jumped in and lifted her up to Denalyn.

Jenna coughed and cried for a minute, and just like that she was fine.

Tragedy averted.

Daughter safe.

Imagine our gratitude We immediately circled up the kids, offered a prayer, and sang a song of thanks.

For the remainder of the day, our feet didn't touch the ground, and Jenna didn't leave our arms.

Even driving home, I was thanking God.

In the rearview mirror I could see Jenna sound asleep in her car seat, and I offered yet another prayer: God, you are so good.

Then a question surfaced in my thoughts.

From God? Or from the part of me that struggles to make sense out of God? I can't say.

But what the voice asked, I still remember: If Jenna hadn't survived, would God still be good? I had spent the better part of the afternoon broadcasting God's goodness.

Yet had we lost Jenna, would I have reached a different verdict? Is God good only when the outcome is? When the cancer is in remission, we say God is good.

When the pay raise comes, we announce God is good.

When the university admits us or the final score favor.