Good Life

There is a song out by OneRepublic that I have been listening to a lot lately en
titled: Good Life... the chorus reads: Oh, this has to be the good lifeThis has gotta be the good life This could really be a good life, good life
I say, "Oh, got this feeling that you can't fight"Like this city is on fire tonight This could really be a good life, a good, good life.

Now i realize that this is a secular song and the meaning is not what the writers meant it to be... but really... when you think about it...
How many of us can raise our hands and say tha  about our lives? We were created for one purpose... to be drawn to the one who created us and worship Him. But how many times are we distracted by the bad things that happen around us or to us? We forget that our joy is in God... that our joy comes from He who created us... when we look at the grand scheme of our lives, how many of the "big problems" are very small in the grand scheme of things.
I know that when I was in high school, I wished for the day that I would graduate and be in college, then when I was in college, I was wishing for the day that I would be a part of the real world... When I came to Nashville to go to grad school... I partly wanted to go because it was a goal I had... and partly because I was a part of the real world for one year and it scared the crap out of me... I've been out of grad school for about seven years now... two of those I spent hating my life... I was miserable, because I was in a job simply for the purpose of keeping me in Nashville. I didn't think I was living a good life... looking back, the word formative comes to mind... I am stronger, I am wiser and I am more joyful.
The joy of the Lord is my strength... let those words reverberate in your heart and let this life be a good life... after all what do really have to complain about?
We are taken care of, our needs are met, and we are loved by a God that was willing to sacrifice his only son for us... we are no longer sentenced to a life of sin and lack of purpose... we have a purpose! Rejoice and say it with me... It's a good life!
Have a great day!