Dieu Est Bon.

Does something ever happen and you just think, 'I've gotta write about this'? That's been my day today.

However...

I didn't want to write about the fact that my day started at 7:57 when I woke up to the people in the apartment above me being loud, when my day should have started at 6:00 when my alarm went off... tbh I'm not even sure it did go off; I'm sooo confused.

I didn't want to write about missing my first bus, and having to wait to catch another one while scarfing down a granola bar + a Fruit-to-go thing.

I didn't want to write about my caffeine-deprived self walking into the movie theatre (where we have meet for church) an hour late with my proverbial tail between my legs.

the St. Lawrence River

But...

I started wanting to write when Joey was gracious about me being late, comforting me with the "It's happened to me a couple times" line, when I'm pretty sure he realized that I was more upset and frustrated about being late than he was. (Probably.)

I started wanting to write when Élise brought me coffee right before the service started. ❤️

I still wanted to write, when after the service someone told me that I did a great job with the projection, and when someone else told me that I'm a blessing because I chose to come here to Montréal to do my internship.

But I really wanted to write because in his sermon this morning, Norton talked about life being hard - "La vie est difficile!". But God is good - "Dieu est bon. Répète après moi, 'Dieu est bon!'"

I had to stop and chuckle to myself after repeating, "Dieu est bon." Because I didn't feel it. But I know that it's true. And how CRAZY is that?! I wake up late, I let people down, I'm a bit of a HUGE hot mess sometimes, but God is still good.

His goodness doesn't depend on how good my French is, whether I get to the movie theatre at 8:00 or 9:00, or whether I'm a grouch about the fact that I got to the movie theatre at 9:00 instead of 8:00.

He is still good. He loves me anyway.

Isn't. That. WILD!! Man, I'm just in awe of God at all times.

Norton also shared Matthew 28:20 - in French of course - and I LOVE its direct translation from French to English:

"Et voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu'à la fin du monde."

It translates to:

"And behold, I am with you every day until the end of the world." 

That right there is what I need to remember always. On my good days, my bad days, my sick days, and the days when I wake up two hours later than I'm supposed to and then proceed to feel guilty about that for the rest of the day.

God is good. Dieu est bon. Et il est avec moi tous les jours, jusqu'à la fin du monde.