Psalms 97:1-2
The LORD Reigns
The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Righteousness and justice in the Old Testament come from the same root word.  They are indistinguishable from each other.  God is righteous and He is just.  And because God is one being, His attributes (which we separate into  individual parts in order to understand them) are not separate in God.  His attributes are never in conflict with each other.  His mercy and love never quarrel with His justice.

The Bible teaches us that we were all born in sin and therefore deserve the punishment of God - death.  Only the atoning work of Jesus can change that.  God’s justice is perfect.  We either receive life by being justified through faith, or we receive death if we live for sin.  For those that have received life, Jesus said the following: 

John 10:28-30
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”

Father, praises to You for your justice is perfect.  Jesus, praises to You for the cross that gives life to sinners like me.  Forgive me for ever questioning the justice of God.  I pray these things in the matchless name of Jesus.  Amen.

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

The goodness of God is an attribute that is most often thought of, even to the exclusion of  other attributes.   God is good, He is kind, He is kindhearted and loving.  All of that is true, but even more so than we think.  For God to be good, He must be infinitely good.  There is no boundary to His goodness.  And if God is good, He must be perfectly good, perfectly kind.

So we often minimize His goodness.  

And on the other hand, we may reject other attributes of God.  How often have you heard people say that God wasn’t responsible for a disaster, because a good God would not do that?  I remember after 9/11, people were asking how God could allow something like that to happen.  And even some pastors responded by saying that God was not involved in it.  We can’t seem to accept that God is sovereign over all things.  He is a just God, but that is for a later discussion.

Oh Father, You are good beyond my comprehension.  Jesus your goodness brought You to the cross for our salvation.  Holy Spirit, You whisper good thoughts to me every day.  Praise God, praise the goodness of God.  Thanks be to God for I can take refuge in You.  Amen.