Has God Been Good To You This year(2008)?

For many of us 'life is not a bed of roses'.There are ups and downs."When God closes all doors, He opens a window.Often we spend so much energy banging on closed doors that we forget to feel and enjoy the breeze coming through the open windows'.The year 2008 made me realize this and I enjoyed the breeze through the window.I am truly thankful to God for all that has happened during this year.Yes he has been good to me this year as I feel he knows best what I need or what I don't need I just accept God's verdict and go along with life.I whole heartedly accept what life gives me.Hoping for a brighter and more peaceful and happier year ahead.Wishing you all the very best in the coming year.

I suppose that I understand your reasoning for feeling let down, but I don't see how you can pin your problems and let downs, on God. We all have bad times, some worse than others... The last few years my life has been awful to say the least... Did God let me down? no, of course not.. He gave me a chance to see what others in the past or in the future have suffered and I grew through it.. and one day I might be able to look at a friend, who has lost someone that meant the world to them.. or someone who has spent days crying or in pain.. and honestly say "I know how you feel". God isn't a genie that grants wishes and goes on his merry way.. he is a parent.. and as any parent I will tell you, NO child gets everything they ask for, not because you are mean and hateful, but because a child must LEARN sometimes by trial and error, failures, and to endure some rough times.. in order to grow. As a mom, I can tell you, the hardest thing I've ever had to do was to let go and let my child take their first step, KNOWING that it could end in a terrible fall.. but if I didn't let go, what will my child profit? nothing. Sometimes God lets us go and allows us to use our free will to roam about and grow.. KNOWING that we can fall terribly. This he does in love, for his child. Before you feel that you are totally without any blessings.. answer this.. Did you wake up this morning? then thank God Did you eat? then thank God Did you have sleep in a home with electricity and running water? then thank God We tend to over look so many blessings when we are focused on what we don't have. I wish you a wonderful upcoming year :)

Yes, God has really been good to me this year in so many ways that I don't think I can put them all down in writing here! But I'll share my three top things to give thanks to God for 2008: (1) First thing to thank God for is that He helped me to pass my supplementary exam paper in university during mid-year. After I failed the main exam paper, I was questioning why something like that would happen to me. I could sense the disappointment I have caused to the people around me who have put so much trust, encouragement and motivation into me, especially my parents. So when I was granted a supplementary assessment, I prayed to God that He would let His will be done. And He answered that prayer. (2) I graduated from university this year; in fact just a couple of weeks ago! Thank God for that! I can just vividly recall the sleepless nights I had just waiting for my final semester results that would determine whether I would graduate or otherwise. Everyone around me were telling me that I would be fine, but I guess things that are uncertain do make us worry....and I also thank God that my results enabled me and my parents to enjoy our year-end holidays instead of sulking all over it! (3) I was tasked to be the transport officer for a national camp this year, and I had totally no experience in it at all. Even when I decided to take up the task, I put my full trust and faith in God that He will pull me through by His grace for His glory. And it turned out that things went even smoother than I could have imagined. Another perfect example of how God works according to His will and not ours.....we can only plan so much, but when His Hands work, WOW! So, with these things to thank and praise God for this year (2008), I am definitely looking forward to next year because I know there is just so much more blessings that God is ready to pour out onto us when we surrender ourselves to Him. All glory to God!

well bala,this year 2008 was not so good for, me most of the time i spent this year only by weeping tears.things that i expected dint go on well this year. i would definetly not need a bad year like this.off couse when you take a year you would surely have ups and downs,mentally i consider this as a bad year,but this year marks as a great history in my life cos i gave birth to a cute little baby girl.so lets all expect a great year 2009 ahead. wishing you a happy and prosperous new year.

God is always good there is no question of him being bad to us.Yes we may have some bad times but that doesnt mean that God is bad.He is just making us more stronger.And remember when problems comes,it depends on the strenghth of our shoulders.

yea so far this year. but thats the combination of good deed and praying. even though i hope he gives me more good things and happenings then of 2008 (insha lla). i'm always optomistic when it comes to god.

Sometimes I feel let down by God, then find out later that He had something better in mind. Keep the faith!

peace be upon you we can't judge allah (God) almighty , or to test his acts because he is only who know your good and has created you from nothings , this is god in islam

Can't say this year was that special even though I had some positive changes in my personal life. I'm not very religious,I believe there is God there somewhere but most times it' s us who build our lives. I was born healthy and with no limbs missing,I'm OK unless something supernatural happens. If any opportunities were missed,it is I who missed them. Could've been worse so thank you God and Superior Spirit of Cosmos:)

yeah defitely. GOd has been good to me. hopefully God will bless me more this coming year. i only expect good things from God. cause i don't know how to get things that i really wanted in life with out Him. cause basically many times i really don't know what i really wanted for myself. i just trust Him that He knows what i really wanted in life.

I can say God has been good to me this year, I am out of a job but I have a roof over my head and I am not hungry so yes God has been good to me my life could have been worse. I have some medical problems still my health is good. I am now facing the year 2009 without a job and I praying that things work out good for the following year I am naming it and claiming it.

God has been good to me all the time, Little prayer requests had been granted, I got a PC, I got so many online friends, I felt my sickness were healed. I was able to return to my job, am living with a happy family, I recieved financial blessings, I won a hundred dollars in an activity contest, I earned little commissions that help although there siappointments too, but God has been good to me this year...

I think we cannot blame god for ou failures because in some or the other way we were given hint that coming periods of time is will not be good but well human being will not thing of it he will think of getting more and more which leads to a great problem. for instance i give you my own example, i bought around 5 lakhs and invested in shares bringing on intersted to make good amount in a short period, when i was taking such huge amount many times my friend told me not to take such big amount but i did not care of his words and took, the financer too said that it will be a burden paying back such huge amount but i said not at all problem to pay back and took the amount, when i invested the amount in shares that time also reading the daily news i got a doubt that i may come in trouble but i went on my own word to make a huge profit and finally as markets slipped back very badly i lost the whole amount and now facing trouble in paying back the amount, now life has come in such a presure that i am not able to understand any thing how to repay the amount but as i took the amount my duty is to repay that amout, As i lost amount i cannot cheat the person who gave me so just in search of some source from which i could earn amount and slowly pay back the amount that i borrowed and again come to a stable position. well i cannot blame god for my failure its my self mistake. because blaming some one will not make solutions better

Everything happened has a purposed but not to let us down or feel the pain, God let things happened for He has a reasons.We all face trials in our lives. We may not can understand it by now. Need not to worry about your life,look at the birds in the sky, they don't plant or harvest, they don't even store grain in barns. But God in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds? Just keep your faith, Jesus taught that wisdom comes by building one's house on a firm foundation. A wise person builds his life on rock, rather than on sand. When troubles come, our house will stand if its built on the foundation of God. Happy my lotting!

hello balacancer, Everybody is expecting that year 2008 is a good year for everyone. But, it seems to me that we're all facing a lot of problems and trials. The problem worldwide are so alarming especially when a lot of people will be layed off because of global crisis. But all of these problem worlwide were all done by some of our leaders if not all. And because of this, everybody is a survivor. Despite of these lots of trials and problems that we are all facing, I'm still thankful to HIM because we are still alive. Our family is still intact. This is the time, to help one another to survive. We must fight together and most of all never give up our faith and hope to HIM. Sometimes, we are blaming HIM but most of the time, it's our fault why it happened negatively. We must stay strong and move on.

well they say god is good all the times. this year ive experienced a lot of things. and most of them are very unforgettable and very hard trials. all i can say is that i should gave thanks to the lord eventhough this is year is like a nightmare to me cause still im alive and i need to face my life with him. maybe the god is just really love me for giving this kind of trials in life.

The year 2008 has nearly pasted,I believe that God is fair to everybody.The year 2008 has became the history,I couldn't be good at everything and the setbacks were inevitable.On the whole,I think I had got what I need in this year,so I'm hopeful about the coming year 2009,hope everybody can overcome the difficulties and realise the future dream.

YES! HE IS REALLY GOOD! and i attest to that. He gave me so many blessings that i can't even count them. the biggest thing i guess is that i was able to work in japan and i really really never expected it to happen this year. i didn't ask for it also. He just simply gave it to me, the opportunity, and i mmediately grab it, and i know that it comes from Him, because during that time, i was depressed. but He is good, and He gave me this blessing! THANK YOU LORD!

During the start of the year it was really good and excellent. This happiness came along with me till march. After march during mid of the year I faced a lot of problems which I was able to manage to some extent. But during late end of the year I was exposed to the problem's core. Life was full of disappointment. Over all this was not a good year. Hope for the best in next coming years. God only knows about it.

God has blessed me with multiple things like a healthy family and has kept me relatively healthy. Of course, I broke my ribs this year but I healed fast and I am back to wrestling. God has also blessed me with the greatest gift of all! True and real friends. I guess true and real mean the same thing but man, I love all of my friends and it's truly a blessing that I've found them. I've made a lot of new friends in 2008. The best of friends.