Ponderings from my dorm room

I'm sitting in my dorm room enjoying the peace and quiet after a hectic day of yet more people moving in to the dorms and the many questions they have brought with them. It's been nice though. Coming back to campus Monday, it was pretty empty around here. So to have everyone back is great. And meeting all the girls as they have been moving in, I'm super excited about this new year and the girls God's given me on my hall and in my room. And I feel better prepared to be an RA after the 2 1/2 days of training we had this week. My but that was encouraging. This new semester is going to be busy, so posts might not be so frequent with classes and all starting soon... But we shall see. 

Something I've been thinking about the last few days has been Psalm 107:8-9,43:

"O that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. ... Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD."

 That's my God. And I hope that that is YOUR God too. Everyone always goes around saying that God is good, or that God is merciful. It becomes a cliché or platitude. But the fact is, it's true. He is good. If you want to be satisfied, He's the answer. And He gives us so many good things in His mercy. Take some time to think about how much He's done for you. Think about how He washed the disciples' feet even though He knew that Peter was going to deny Him three times, that Judas was going to betray Him, and that all the others would run away because they were too ashamed to associate with Him when He needed them most. And think about all He's done for us. And when I understand that, when you understand that, the answer is praise. Those things aren't just cliché anymore. They are real. So praise Him for His goodness and all His other good works.