God is good?

Monday night I had gone downtown to do a few errands. On my way home, my car just decided to die. I didn't know what to do, so I just tried to get it started again, to at least get it off the road, after a few times of trying, it started and I made it home saftely. In the moment, I wanted to scream at God, "Why do You keep doing this? Why does EVERYTHING go wrong when I am trying to work through stuff? Can't You just let one or two things come in at a time rather than all this stuff?" But I've been learning to trust, so I couldn't very well say that to God when I'm trusting Him with these other bigger things. I didn't know for certain if it would be worth fixing or just let it go to car heaven, because my dad has been careful from day one to make sure I know, it might just die one day and there would be no reason to get it going again, and I thought it's time had come on July 14, 2008 at 7:43 PM. But the story doesn't end there as I thought.

Last night my dad looked at it. Then he showed me the problem. Apparently the alternator belt isn't supposed to look the way it did. My dad told me that it was the worst he'd ever seen and he had no idea how it didn't snap before that point. Instantly I was filled with, "God is good!" I was so thankful I hadn't been on the highway when it decided to snap or something. Man, God is good, eh? I mean He knew!

But let me just backtrack for a second, what would have been my response had I learned it was going to cost more than it is? What would have been my response if it wasn't worth fixing? I probably would have been very angry. I probably would have gotten over it sooner or later but I still would have been upset. And let me tell you I would NOT have been saying God is good.

My question is, if God is good in that situation, does it change if the situation is different? Does He suddenly become not good because the situation didn't go as we wanted it to?

I don't believe it changes at all. God is good regardless of my circumstances. God is good when my family is struggling. God is good when I'm unsure of the next adventure. God is good when I feel scared. God is good when bad things happen. And can I just let out a yelp and say "YAY!!"? Hello! God is good! Always and forever. I can trust in that! He is good! Today, tomorrow, and forever more. He is good in the bad, He is good in the good!!! He's always good!!!

I don't see the end result in the middle of the situation, but if I look back on many of the situations in my life, I see the good that came out of it, just like Romans 8:28 says!