He is good to me...

The last week has been one of the most 
stressful, 
busy,
awkward, 
nail-biting, 
worrying, 
praying, 
trusting God, 
worry filled,
yet, peaceful
                         weeks of my life.  Here's a rough breakdown:
*Last Monday (1/7) - my school resumed from Christmas break, I only went a half-day because i had to go to the doctor that afternoon
*Tuesday - Zach returned from Myanmar and I went to surprise him at the airport and was BLESSED to get to spend the afternoon with just him for a while, and his awesome family some as well
*Wednesday - worked all day, ran all over the place, Zach came to my house, I was getting ready for this small procedure I would have done on Thursday.  Wednesday night, one of the most...I don't even have a word to describe it...I was worried all night, stressing out, mad, sad, and everything in between.  Thank goodness I had my love there to help me out, which he definitely did.  
*Thursday - onto the hospital at 7:15 a.m. My surgery was at 11:00.  All went well.  I woke back up (I'm telling ya I was freaking out about that one) and I wasn't a horrible, mean person nor was I a sad, sobbing mess either.  I was pretty quiet (weird, I know).  
*Friday thru today has been spent recovering and thanking God for His awesomeness. 

While I was doing my time with Jesus tonight, I read Psalms 13 and Proverbs 13.  Something in Psalms 13 jumped out at me, as usually happens when I spend time with Jesus (I LOVE when that happens!).  It was verse 5 and 6:

"But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the Lord's praise,
for he has been good to me."  -----> the part that really jumped out! 

So, something in my mind went, "Hey, I wonder what this says in the NLT version..." 
So I go and look it up and here's what it says,

"But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
I will sing to the Lord
because he is good to me."

I LIKE that!  God hasn't just been good to me, He is good to me!!! 
No matter how often I let Him down and turn my back on Him, He is still good to me.
Always.
That will never change.
And that blows my mind.

God has definitely used the last 6 months and all of the challenges this time period has brought to draw me closer to Him, to get me to trust Him more, and to get me to love Him more, like I should.  Just a few examples of things that He threw in last week during all my doctor visits...
Monday - I had to get blood drawn.  Well Monday was the 7th.  Zach and I always say that 7 is "the" number.  My appointment went great.  I claim it was due to the date.
On Thursday when I got to the hospital, I was in room 7 to get prepped.  Before I ever left my house that morning I read a Psalm and Proverb, just happened to be on chapter 12 in each...12 is my favorite number...I don't count it as coincidence at all.  
My doctor prayed with my parents, Zach, and me before they took me back.
I didn't have some crazy reaction to the anesthesia like I was really worried about. 

It was all a lot of little things, but they meant so much to me because I knew they were signs from God that He was reminding me that He was in control and in charge and did know what He was doing.  Of course the fear was still in my mind of, "What if I get bad news from this?" and I can't say exactly how I would have reacted if I had, but I got good news and I am so thankful for that.  I'm thankful that God did not throw more bad news at me.  I am thankful that I was able to finally get some answers and I have hope that I won't be so sick now. 

He has been good to me.  Very good indeed.
Better yet, He is good to me.