A Distorted View of Good

"...and let us have a good day today, God..."

I hear that all the time, stuck into that prayer we mumble numbly.
But,

are we really asking for God to give us a good day?

We say a good day is the easy day.
The one that makes us have happy feelings. The one that has no struggles, no fights. Maybe the one where we can say whatever we want and ignore any guilty feelings. Or where we get to complain, or have fun, or be lazy, or get no homework. Where we get some nice compliments and feel good about ourselves or what we accomplished on this day.

Okay. I'm getting a little heated.
I want to be honest.

But I see this in myself most. Please know that.

I see this desire for the easy planted deep. For whatever doesn't require me to be bold. For whatever day that doesn't challenge me or push me or throw me for a loop. No scary surprises, please. No darkness, no ugly words or arguments. No mistakes of mine noticed by anyone. Please, let me not have to apologize for something! Please don't let something happen that embarrasses me. Don't let people see my shame. Don't let them see how mean I really am, how lost I really feel.

And God, don't give me something that requires me to step in faith.
Because that scares me too much.

But really,
God's good is so much better. It's out of my control. But he knows just what he's doing. Sometimes it's a trial, sometimes it's an insult- and yeah, sometimes it's a new friend or the sun shining or the sweetest day ever too.

But the whole point is that he knows best.
And I should be asking for whatever that is.

Whatever you want, Lord. Whatever glorifies you most. Even if that includes pain. This life's a vapor and I want to make it count.

So I should be asking that his will be done when I pray aloud to say, "God, will you make this day a good day? You know, your kind of good. The kind that's best."