Always Good - Andrew Peterson

Last year I spent months stuck in the day between Good Friday and Easter. The calendar marched on, Easter had officially "happened" - but something in me got stuck. I don't mean that to sound like my life fell apart and there was no light - it actually was a great bunch of months, where I was learning lots, and connecting with God, and hearing things from Him in a way I hadn't in a long time. But what I was hearing was a repeated "WAIT"... wait on the rock... wait, rest, stay. Dwell in the space between the death and resurrection. Wait.

During that time, this song became a regular on my playlist. On repeat. Over and Over.

"If it's true that You know what I'm feeling, could it be that You're weeping with me?" Friend, when  you find yourself in that space of pain and weeping, God is with you. And He isn't saying "hurry up, get over it, move on" - He says "I see you, I hear you, I weep with you, let me share your pain. Let's sit here together."

"Somehow this sorrow is shaping my heart like it should... this heartache is bringing me closer than joy ever could... as we try to believe what is not meant to be understood, will You help us to trust Your intentions for us are still good, cause you laid down Your life and You suffered like I never could... You're always good."

The day between Good Friday and Easter is meant to teach us, to shape our heart. The heartache draws us closer to God. Without our Holy Saturday we don't have the need for Sunday.

I can't imagine what your Holy Saturday feels like. I don't know what you are going through that makes you wonder if God's intentions are good. I don't know how long your Holy Saturday has lasted. But what I do know is this: God is always good. Always.

"Lord, if You can hear me, please help Your child to know... You're always good."



Do You remember how Mary was grieving?
How You wept and she fell at Your feet?
If it's true that You know what I'm feeling
Could it be that You're weeping with me?

Arise, O Lord, and save me
There's nowhere else to go

You're always good, always good
Somehow this sorrow is shaping my heart like it should
And You're always good, always good

Well it's so hard to know what You're doing
Why won't You tell it all plain?
But You said You'd come back on the third day
And Peter missed it again and again

So maybe the answer surrounds us
But we don't have eyes to see

That You're always good, always good
This heartache is moving me closer than joy ever could
And You're always good

My God, my God, be near me
There's nowhere else to go
And Lord, if You can hear me
Please help Your child to know

That You're always good, always good
As we try to believe what is not meant to be understood
Will You help us to trust Your intentions for us are still good
'Cause You laid down Your life
And You suffered like I never could

You're always good, always good
You're always good, always good