Know that God is Good
In the days before his death, Jesus repeats that he was sent on behalf
of his Father. In fact, the wording in many of his miracles, especially
the raising of Lazarus, points back to the goodness of the Creator:
"For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself
does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be
amazed" (John 5:20).
Blessed Angela of Foligna, a 14th century
mother and wife who later became a prominent mystical writer, wrote
that "the first step that the soul must take when it enters the way of
love, through which it desires to reach God, is to know God in
truth.... To know God in truth is to know him as he is in himself, to
understand his worth, beauty, sweetness, sublimity, power, and
goodness, and the supreme Good inherent in him who is the supreme
Good."
I think that, right there--trusting that God is good
and is there for us (unlike so many other people we know)--is the point
of the resurrection. Is God good? Yes. We can say that with confidence
because of the resurrection.