“I would have fainted unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13

When I was growing up my mother would often say, “this too shall pass” whenever bad times hit. Looking back I’m not sure she 100% believed what she was saying every time she said it, but, she said it anyway in an act of faith. Now, decades later, the other day I said to her, “God is faithful isn’t He”. She responded “absolutely, God IS faithful”. What a testimony. Every morning we wake up we have the opportunity to believe the best about the day in front of us. The reality is, you can believe for the best for your life because of

God Promises.

Psalm 27:13 says we can “believe that we will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living”. “The land of the living” today is you and I. It’s our choice to believe that in this many times maddening world God’s goodness will shine through just around the next bend. Such hope is not just for hope sake, but is actually grounded in and throughout God’s word. Choosing optimism means you are choosing faith.