Do you really believe that God is good? Here's Nancy DeMas Walgamuth.

Taste and see for yourself that the Lord truly is good. He's good when you have a job,

he's good when you don't. He's good when you have health, and he's good when you don't.

And remember that as you take your refuge in him,

you will be blessed,

regardless of what circumstances

you may be right smackdad in the middle of.

I'm Dana Gresh.

Welcome to the Revive Our Hearts Podcast

for November 22nd, 2024.

Our host is the author of Choosing Gratitude, Nancy DeMas Walgner.

Well, we've been walking with David through an acrostic Psalm, Psalm 34, that I've called the ABCs of handling a meltdown.

And as we've seen earlier in this series, if you didn't hear the earlier days, you can go back

to Revive Our Hearts.com and pick up the audio or the transcripts for that.

But we saw how David was in a just very difficult between a rock and a hard place situation in his life

and how first he took matters into his own hands and made a mess of things. But then once he

comes to his senses, he realized, I should have turned to God first. I should always turn to God first.

And so Psalm 34 is the Psalm that he writes, perhaps sitting in a cave,

still hiding from King Saul, but having reflected on the circumstances he's just been through.

And David has said to those around him who themselves are facing depressing and distressing

circumstances, he has said, we need to lift our eyes up and praise

the Lord. If there's anything we Christians should be known for, it's joy. The confidence that God is

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