Some days, the only thing you can do is get out your bible, open to the Psalms, and pray alongside our spiritual ancestors.
God truly is good to those whose hearts are pure, even when it doesn’t feel that way. I believe this—but I nearly lost my footing. I almost slipped away from faith itself, because I became jealous of people who have no regard for God and yet seem to thrive. They appear healthy and carefree. Their lives seem untouched by the troubles that weigh down everyone else. Pride wraps around them like a badge of honor, and they openly flaunt their power and cruelty. Their words drip with arrogance, and they speak as though heaven itself is beneath them. Still, people admire them, listen to them, and follow them, while they mock the idea that God sees or cares.
Watching this made me question everything. I wondered if living with integrity had been pointless—if keeping my heart clean had only brought me pain. Day after day I suffered, while they flourished. I tried to make sense of it, but the more I thought about it, the more unbearable it became. I kept quiet, knowing that giving voice to these doubts would wound others who were trying to remain faithful.
Everything changed when I entered the presence of God. There, I finally understood how this story ends. The success of the wicked is not stability; it is a slippery slope. What looks secure is actually fragile. In a moment, their world can collapse, and all their confidence vanish like a dream at dawn. When I saw this, I realized how distorted my thinking had been. My bitterness had made me foolish, reducing me to instinct and resentment instead of trust.
Yet even in my confusion, God had never let go of me. He held my hand and guided me with wisdom, and in the end, he would draw me into glory. When I look at life this way, I see that nothing else compares. Earth has its gifts, but none of them can replace God. My strength may fail. My body and heart may weaken. But God himself is my strength, and he is mine forever.
Those who keep their distance from God are slowly undoing themselves, no matter how impressive their lives appear. But as for me, closeness to God is the greatest good I could ever know. I choose to trust him. I choose to stay near. And I will tell others what he has done.
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