Everything is going to be all right: From the book The Sole Balm by Elmon Krupnik
My mom, no matter how bad the situation was or how terrible things appeared, would speak these words, "Everything is going to be all right." The future for us at times may seem uncertain, but what is certain is our relationship with GOD. In the book of Isaiah, we read in chapter forty, verse one, the following, “Comfort, comfort my people says your God.” The words of the prophet Isaiah speak to us today that God does comfort his people. The comfort from God gives us the confidence we need to go through the difficulties we face in life. Spiritual comfort can come only after sin has been forgiven. We all have strayed from the relationship we have with God. The farther we have strayed, the more uncertain we are in our lives. The more uncertain we are makes even the small problems seem like big ones. Why? Because we do not have the right relationship with God. We lack the confidence and support we need to have and we try to do things all on our own without insight or help from God. "Everything is going to be all right" are words of comfort only if we believe them. We can believe if we know that God has forgiven us of our sin. The comfort of hope that we desire comes when we make that spiritual adjustment of reconciling ourselves to God. The spiritual adjustment we make is a practical adjustment. Genuine repentance always finds its way into practical application. The practical application is who or what we put our complete trust in. If our trust is in God, then spiritual words of comfort have meaning and purpose and we can share them with others, because the same words that comfort us can comfort others. Let us comfort each other with "Everything is going to be all right".
Blessings to all,
Chaplain Krupnik