"There is no need to feel alone when life is hard, and there is no need to walk alone when life is great... God is always there. Don’t allow your idea of ‘good’ to be affected by money or success or accomplishments in the world eyes. Live for God alone."

-Hillary Triemstra

The classic question "How are you doing?". Sometimes asked out of politeness, others simply as a greeting (not really conscious of the statement) and then there are others who are in genuine concern and interest. These are the people who really care about how you are and what is going on in your life. A while back I was talking to a friend who I had not had a chance to really talk to in a while and I ask her the question of "how are you doing?"

She answered; I am good because God is good.  

I was reading the blog that I got this quote from and it brought me back to what my friend had said. No matter what is going on God is there and God is Good and because of that she could say I am good. I think often times I find myself so caught up in the mundane things of life I fail to realized what God is doing in the midst of it and fail to look at the big picture. I so easily forget that he is sitting beside me and wanting me to give my frustrations, my joys and my sorrows to Him.

As exam time is coming around and the stress of marks and simply the desire to be complete can often block the view of the Big Picture. I am being challenged to stop during the midst of the chaos and remember that in the middle of my day God is still good, and is still looking out for me. This time is extremely stressful so it will not always be easy to say to say that all is good because I know that I that I will not feel this way. But I do hope that I can rely on him for the peace that only he can offer. So as I approach the home stretch (23 days left) I hope to make to effort to remember in the middle of my days knowing God is good.