Longing for Something Good

Now if you remember my first blog post you'll remember that I didn't promise frequent blog posting so I don't feel at all bad about waiting 4 years to write my second post. If you feel bad, there's nothing I can do about it, so get over it. Besides, who in there right mind is anxiously waiting this post.

Okay, with all that said, here goes my second post...

Longing for something good. I've realized lately that I just long for good things. It manifests itself in odd ways sometimes but there is a deep and significant longing for something good. Just this weekend I had my grandpa-in-law Clement Griffith III come and help me install a dishwasher in my kitchen. Before, we didn't have a dishwasher. Now we do. This is good. 

You see, I have a longing to make my home good. Good, materials, good layout, good space, just plain ole good.

I desire for friendships that are good. I desire for a good marriage. I desire for a good ministry team and good youth group. I desire good for Kwambekenya. I desire goodness to abound in me.

I'm realizing that the more I mention 'good' the less powerful and profound it becomes but that's not what I feel. You see the more instances that I can get to tangibly interact with goodness, the more fully I see God.  To go there, Psalm 34:8 says, Taste and see that the LORD is good.

I guess I long, desire, and seek goodness because it's a tangible taste of who God is. The fact that God is good and I can catch glimpses of Him through goodness pretty much instills that longing in me. I pray it never leaves.