It's Gonna Be Okay

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Jon Odom

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I remember the first time my mom sent me off to school
She had diligently taught me my ABCs
Put me in some khakis and a polo
And stood smiling at the end of the driveway
As I timidly walked up the stairs of this big yellow bus
Solely on the confidence of her five words
It's gonna be okay
I remember the first time I learned to ride a two-wheeler
I had a belly full of lucky charms and a father who stood with me at the top of the hill
He began running
I pedaling faster and faster trying to keep up with the momentum of life
Only to look back and see him smiling in the distance as his sound waves soared after me
Just to tell me it's gonna be okay
I remember the first time my heart looked more scattered than broken glass
A puzzle now before me and my mind
Wondering if wholeness would come
As the successor of brokenness
Because rejection had become more real than relationship
And upon seeing the ground littered with my love
My mom wrapped her arms around me
And my dad began picking up the pieces
And handing them to a God who turns tragedy into beauty
They in unison assured me that sometimes it's okay to not be okay
Yet I don't look forward to the day where my parents lay in hospital bedsheets
Looking back at me as their pending heaven's pickup
And the ones whom I've spent a lifetime looking up to will in that moment look up to me
To carry the family
A moment where past and future are suspended in present
A gift
Where worries of taking care of spouse and children melt away
As I for the first time tell them its gonna be okay
Life doesn't always go our way
But a day will come where hospital walls feel more like hurt than healing
And I imagine in that moment that fear will tower towards the ceiling
Taunting over them as if death has won and their life is over
I imagine that fear will try to conquer their heart
As they contemplate leaving this earth and facing their Creator
God
But their Creator cares enough to replace despair with hope
As His presence becomes the only peace they've ever known
For peace isn't circumstance or position peace is a person
Jesus whispers in the ears of glimmering souls
Its gonna be okay
And as I watch life leave
Will those five words its gonna be okay not sound cliché
As I stare into the eyes of a blank canvas
Or listen to lungs that lost their air
In that moment will my heartbeat stand in silence as theirs
Death a comma commonly mistaken as a period
Life is a period of time in a grand timeline
Death a doorway where dark clouds begin to roll away like stones from tombs
As the glory of God is seen through the curtains of closed eyelids a voice begins to speak
Thundering so loud as to shake the foundations of the earth
Welcome home
Angles join in the glorious chorus
And with excitement in His voice He states
Well done my good and faithful servant in whom I'm well pleased
A statement only given to those who chose to give their life to Him
Christ has risen and so will we
Up out of depression darkness and despair
For if He conquered the grave then He can conquer circumstance
And when we face loss let it remind us of the cross
Once an instrument of death but now a symbol of life
A symbol of a God who still lives
And my parents will always live
Not just in eternity but in memories
Grand adventures and family stories contained within the frames of photos my mind has stolen from time
These photos are photons of light in my darkness
You see from an early age we all learn of our parents love for us
But at some point all we can do is look back to distant memory
As they continue to smile at us
Telling us its gonna be okay
Life has a way of moving through time like a roller coaster
Lots of ups and downs
One moment your on top of the world
The next your suspended upside down
Just waiting for things to turn around
But at some point no matter how exciting and terrifying this life may be
Our ride will come to an end
Our body will carry us to deaths doorsteps as our souls get off the train
And step onto the platform
Heavens gates are now before us
And Jesus
Yes Jesus
Nothing begins or ends without His consent
So will loss taste bitter as you blame God for this tragedy
Or will praise erupt pouring forth like tear drops
From broken eyelids because God is still good
I said God is still good
And I'm grateful for the time we had spent together
So now I stand in confidence knowing that everything is gonna be okay
Not because my hope is based in present moment
But because my hope is placed in eternity
God the anchor of my soul
Will not let the currents of this circumstance carry my faith away
Like a river
Streams that lead to oceans
My life will run its course and find it's origin in eternity
Reunited with my parents and God
Thats how I know everything is gonna be okay

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