Feb 16 2008
It’s Going to Be Okay
by Max Lucado
Bill Tucker was sixteen years old when his dad suffered a health crisis and consequently had to leave his business. Even after Mr. Tucker regained his health, the Tucker family struggled financially, barely getting by.
Mr. Tucker, an entrepreneurial sort, came up with an idea. He won the bid to reupholster the chairs at the local movie theater. This stunned his family. He had never stitched a seat. He didn’t even own a sewing apparatus. Still, he found someone to teach him the skill and located an industrial-strength machine. The family scraped together every cent they had to buy it. They drained savings accounts and dug coins out of the sofa. Finally, they had enough.
It was a fine day when Bill road with his dad to pick up the equipment. Bill remembers a jovial, hour-long trip discussing the bright horizons this new opportunity afforded them. They loaded the machine in the back of their truck and secured it right behind the cab. Mr. Tucker then invited his son to drive home. I’ll let Bill tell you what happened next:
“As we were driving along, we were excited, and I, like any sixteen-year-old driver, was probably not paying enough attention to my speed. Just as we were turning on the cloverleaf to get on the expressway, I will never ever, ever forget watching that sewing machine, which was already top-heavy, begin to tip. I slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. I saw it go over the side. I jumped out and ran around the back of the truck. As I rounded the corner, I saw our hope and our dream lying on its side in pieces. And then I saw my dad just looking. All of his risk and all of his endeavor and all of his struggling and all of his dream, all of his hope to take care of his family was lying there, shattered.
“You know what comes next don’t you? ‘Stupid, punk kid driving too fast, not paying attention, ruined the family by taking away our livelihood.’ But that’s not what he said. He looked right at me. ‘Oh, Bill, I am so sorry.’ And he walked over, put his arms around me, and said, ‘Son, this is going to be okay.’
God is whispering the same to you. Those are his arms you feel. Trust him. That is his voice you hear. Believe him. Allow the only decision maker in the universe to comfort you. Life at times appears to fall to pieces, seem irreparable. But it’s going to be okay. How can you know? Because God so loved the world. If God can make a billion galaxies, can’t he make good out of our bad and sense out of our faltering lives? Of course he can. He is God.
OK, Max/Bill, what did they do next? Did they get the sewing machine fixed? Did they have insurance to cover the damage? What happened next????
Dwight
that is my sayinf ALL THE TIME EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRICHT, hOW DO i KNOW?iKNOW BECAUSE god is taking care of us
Yes, please, don’t keep us in suspense!
How do we know for sure? In times when we do not have enough faith, we struggle to believe..
I think that is precisely the point, my friends. We don’t know what happens next. We’re not supposed to… and so our faith guides us. Not to mention patients and perseverence.
That’s a good questions Fiona. But I think we sometimes confuse “faith” as some visceral emotion that we must be able to maintain control over. It can indeed be a struggle, as you say. But at the same time… what good is our faith if we do not use it when we need it most.
I can certainly testify that God takes care of us. My husband and I lost a business and our home. We are on the virge of filing bankruptcy. We had just enough money left over from the business to rent an apartment and give us time to find a job. Just as the money was about to run out, my husband was offered a job. We will have to move to a different state and we didn’t have the money for a moving truck, etc. Just in time, a check came in the mail from our insurance company that will cover our move, pay for our first month’s rent and deposit at our new place and allow us to buy groceries until my husband receives his first check. It’s always been that way for me. God always provides no matter the circumstance. All He requires is a little bit of faith. What happens next does’t matter to me because I know that everything is going to be okay.
THANK-YOU 2 WHOEVER WROTE THIS POEM, ONLY THE LORD LED ME 2 THIS PAGE, 4 TODAY I WAS FEELING KIND OF DOWN, I JUST BOUGHT A CAR WITH MY TAXES, AND I ASKED THE LORD 2 HELP ME FIND THE RIGHT ONE, AND THE LITTLE RED CAR I BOUGHT HAS AN OIL LEAK, AND I THINK I HAVE BLOWN THE ENGINE, AND THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS, LORD NOW HOW AM I GOING TO GET TO CHURCH, IS THIS A TEST? TO SEE IF I WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO CHURCH, YES LORD I WILL WALK IF I HAVE TO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WILL MAKE EVERYTHING ALRIGHT, I GET KIND OF DISCOURAGED AT TIMES, BUT I KNOW THAT THE DEVIL IS A LIAR, AND IF GOD BE 4 US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US, WELL AGAIN THANK-YOU 2 WHOEVER WROTE THIS POEM 4 NOW I CAN GO TO BED AND THANK GOD 4 HIS GOODNESS, HE MAY NOT COME WHEN YOU WANT HIM, BUT HE’S ALWAYS ON TIME,AND HIS WORD SAYS IN HEBREWS 11;6 BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE THAT COMETH TO HIM MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. AND ON THAT NOTE EVERY ONE HAVAE A BLESSED DAY. TONI L. POINDEXTER
Oh man. I just got back from a wonderful week long vacation in Canada with my family (skiing woohoo!) but was suffering some severe post-vacation blues after being back in Rockville Maryland for a few days. Dealing with all the trials I left seemed impossible, and was close to mental breakdown until this morning.
But I remembered my sister-in-law, who shared a room with me on the ski trip, following her usual morning routine of reading some scripture before heading out on the slopes. I thought to myself “This is a vacation, why do that?”. I took a total break, even from talking to God.
So yes, after praying this morning for help, guidance, and something to read or ponder on to get out of these blues, a quick google search for “save tomorrow for tomorrow” led me to another great post, then to this one.
I instantly realized His hands have been holding me the entire time, I was just too focused on fixing it myself to notice.
Anyways… to everyone here (and to everyone you meet today, if you decide to share) know this - Trust Him! If He can calm my absent minded, worrisome soul, and give me energy to meet all the problems I’ll have later today… He can do ANYTHING