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Growing up brings changes (starting school, a new sibling, a new expectation). Changes can trigger fears that are sometimes real and sometimes imagined. As adults, it is our job to help children learn that, in the midst of change, they don’t have to be afraid. As Christians, we also have a duty to help children to remember that God is a good God, even when life does not feel good. Both of these lessons were hard to teach until now. It Will Be Okay: Trusting God Through Fear and Change is an excellent picture book that was written to help children learn both of these lessons.
Summary of It Will be Okay Book
In It Will Be Okay, God is represented as a farmer who has plans for a little seed. Little Seed has a strong relationship with God. Through a series of circumstances, Little Seed, who loves his safety in the farmer’s shed, becomes friends with a fox who doesn’t know the farmer. One day, both Little Seed and Little Fox must face a change that causes them great fear. The farmer sends Little Seed to a dark and cold place. Little Fox wants to help Little Seed, but can’t. Little Seed must learn how to trust the farmer, even when he cannot see the farmer or understand how his current circumstances are good for him. While Little Seed is learning to trust the farmer, Little Fox is developing his own relationship with the farmer. In the end, they both learn it will all be okay.
Review of It Will be Okay
My summary of It Will be Okay does not do the story justice. There are so many things to love about this book that I encourage you to just purchase one for yourself. I can tell you this book will touch the heart of both children and adults. While it has an obvious storyline of trusting God in the midst of change, adults are likely to pick up on several hidden storylines including: adversity can lead to growth and stronger faith; our relationship with God can lead others to God; when God is working on someone, sometimes there is nothing we can do to help; and God will provide.
Natalia Moore's whimsical art will put a smile on kids' faces and put their minds at ease. Children will learn to trust God in the same way that Little Seed and Little Fox learned to trust the Farmer. It will all be okay in the end because God is always with us.
I personally love the fact that the author included a list of 10 Scriptures to memorize with your kids that will help them deal with fear and carry them beyond the days of bedtime stories.
Lessons From It Will Be Okay
While reading It Will Be Okay, children will. . .
Learn that God has good plans for them
Learn God is always with them even when they cannot see Him
Learn God works all things out for their good
Learn to replace doubtful thoughts about God’s plan as they learn to trust Him through change
Build their relationship with God by introducing them to the scripturally based characteristics of who God is.
About the Author of It Will Be Okay
Lysa TerKeurst is the author of over twenty-five books, including It's Not Supposed to Be This Way and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Forgiving What Can't Be Forget and Uninvited. She is also the president of Proverbs 31 Ministries. She lives in North Carolina and writes from her family's farm table. You can follow Lysa TerKeurst on social media at @LysaTerKeurst or visit her website at www.LysaTerKeurst.com.
You can purchase It Will Be Okay and other books by Lysa from Amazon or where ever books are sold.
It Will be Okay
Win or Lose, I Love You!Forgiving What You Can't ForgetIt's Not Supposed to Be This WayGood Boundaries and Goodbyes
About the Reviewer:
Corine Williams, Ph.D. is Clinical Psychologist that is currently seeing clients in the States of Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. You can find out more about her practice by visiting www.therapyforchristians.com/corinewilliams. In addition to providing individual therapy, Dr. Williams is also passionate about writing books and designing merchandise that educate, uplift, and normalize mental health subject in the Christian community. You can find out more about her at www.booksbycorine.com or by visiting her amazon profile here: https://www.amazon.com/Corine-Hyman/e/B00AWZ5FL2
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