Good God

Ladies and Gentlemen,

   First off, I would like to apologize for the lapse in chapel blogs of late, I took the week off only partly due to an obscene personal schedule.  Secondly, I would like to apologize for continuing to neglect chapel as what I am about to say has little to do with it.
   The thing that I would like to communicate today is that God is indeed good.  I know, we've heard it all before, but still.  Recently I've been living a life, a good one, but one of despair.  I've not been desperate as such, but rather consigned to the 'fact' that life is too much.  I have been overwhelmed and frustrated and fed up with people, school, work, myself, and pretty much everything.  I even composed a poem the other day which I read over today and was quite amazed at how tragically sad and hopeless it seemed.  So, over the past week or so I began to complain to God.  I know, very mature.  Anyways, He came through as He never ceases to surprisingly do.  Today culminated a series of events that I cannot begin to explain in detail, but God essentially blitzed me with a parade of wise people such as God, pastors, teachers, family, nondescript people I don't know but have to listen to, and dear friends who've all said everything to me at the right time in the right way which was always exactly what I needed to hear.  I've always considered myself an optimist, and times like this just go to confirm the validity of such a disposition.
    I realize the cryptic nature of this post, but I'd rather not bore you with the mundane details, I just wanted to give you the basic rundown of merely one small way in which God is and remains good.  You may consider yourself encouraged.

  In Christ,
          Peter Ellison