Is God still good, you might ask?
Yes! Let me repeat that. Yes!
God is good! Always!!
Shortly before Betsie Ten Boom died in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp, she passed on this truth to her sister, Corrie. This simple truth so profoundly impacted Corrie that she mentioned it in most of her books and speaking engagements.
“Often I have heard people say, ‘How good God is! We prayed that it would not rain for our church picnic, and look at the lovely weather!’ Yes, God is good when He sends good weather. But God was also good when He allowed my sister, Betsie, to starve to death before my eyes in a German concentration camp. I remember one occasion when I was very discouraged there. Everything around us was dark, and there was darkness in my heart. I remember telling Betsie that I thought God had forgotten us. ‘No, Corrie,’ said Betsie, ‘He has not forgotten us. Remember His word: ‘For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.’ “
Corrie concludes, “There is an ocean of God’s love available – plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love–whatever the circumstances.”
Although I have not faced anything close to the horrors of a Nazi prison camp, I have endured seasons of deep darkness and discouragement. I’ve been betrayed and rejected by those I once considered intimate friends and trusted fellow workers in Christ. I’ve sat powerless as I watched my best friend, a devoted mother of two, lose her battle with cancer. I watched her family unravel in the wake of her death. I’ve witnessed heartbreaking injustices and ugly prejudice. I’ve wept over dear friends and loved ones slipping further into the grip of mental illnesses and addictions. I’ve been pulled under by the waves of depression more than once.
And yet—I have not drowned. I have not given up. I have not walked away. His empowering grace has kept me from sinking.
Those who know me well say I’m just too stubborn to quit—and honestly, they’re not wrong. But it’s more than that. My fierce, unwavering belief that God is good is at the core of who I am. That conviction anchors me. I believe with every fibre of my being that His goodness is as constant and unchangeable as the colour of my eyes. It’s simply who He is. No darkness, depth of sorrow, confusion, or pain can alter that truth. His mercies, goodness, and love remain steady, unshaken, unmoved.
I learned—through every trial, heartbreak, and unanswered prayer—that my circumstances do not define God’s goodness. His character determines it. He is good in sunshine and storm, joy and sorrow, life and death. And I will stake my life on that truth.
Whatever comes, I will not doubt His love. I will not let go of His goodness.
I will stand, even if I have to do it with trembling knees, because I know—He has not forgotten me.
Romans 8:38–39 (NIV) “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Until next week,
© 2025 Katherine Walden