Taste and See that the Lord is Good

Posted by: Amanda Bridle, Graphic Designer and Brand Manager | Monday, October 13th, 2025 (12:00am)

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!—Psalm 34:8

My favorite tea steamed my glasses as I took a sip, clutching the warm mug with mittened hands on a chilly 46-degree morning. The spicy scent from my breakfast beverage mingled pleasantly with the fresh smell of the towering evergreens.

I had just slipped out of my toasty sleeping bag and emerged into the fresh morning wearing a winter hat and clutching a blanket around my shoulders. The sun was rising, and the distant mountains were brushed with soft pastel shades.

I sighed contentedly, feeling grateful to be alive in such a beautiful place and anticipating a day full of hiking and exploring the stunning landscape, evidence of our Creator God everywhere we turned in Grand Tetons National Park.

“Taste and see that the Lord is good” is the motto I’d like to have on our camper sign. Many families display wooden placards with the name of their family and their hometowns. Some campers display maps of the United States with the states they’ve toured filled in with a colorful sticker, marking the travels they’ve shared.

Sleeping in a pop-up camper is not the height of luxury, but it allows our family to be just that much closer to the goodness of the Lord as expressed in His creation. There is magic to having only a bit of canvas between you and the symphony of insects and frogs each night and the chorus of birdsong each morning. When we camp, our circadian rhythms align with that of the natural world. We sleep when it is dark and awake with the sunrise, and we often rest in the heat of the day. We’re aware of the weather and the clouds moving across the sky, because we’re directly beneath it all day long, only returning to the interior of the camper at night.

Back at home some months later during an ordinary family dinner on a Saturday night, a smile creeps across my face as we linger a bit longer than usual, laughing at inside jokes and picking at the tray of roasted potatoes until none remain. They’re crispy on the outside and seasoned in an irresistible and perhaps impossible-to-duplicate way by my husband. Absorbing the moment, I realize that what we’re doing together on this ordinary school night is also tasting and seeing that the Lord is good. I might be longing for the grandeur of our adventures in the wild, but God and his goodness is just as present in my kitchen on a Tuesday.

I feel the Holy Spirit whispering to me gently, “this too is a gift,” and I am humbly reminded to open my eyes to God’s goodness in the ordinary moments of my everyday life. Thinking through my morning just today, I remember the cool minty freshness of my toothpaste, the miracle of the internet that brought me a yoga class from an instructor in another country, the child who has recently learned to make scrambled eggs all by himself, and the delightful crunch of a perfectly toasted piece of homemade bread slathered with melty peanut butter.

What gifts do you find in your current season and your ordinary life? How can you too choose to “taste and see that the Lord is good?” I am praying that you too can take a deep breath and look around with God’s eyes to see the gifts all around you.

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