Everything Is Going To Be Alright : A True Story Based on Jeremiah 29:11; "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope an

Why would Jesus be driving an ore haulage truck? Why would a little boy be peeking out from under the covers in what appears to be shock and surprise? It is not the image that normally pops up in the minds of most folks, and it certainly was not what this author expected. This is a picture of what went through my mind when I lay in my bed one night at the impressionable age of eleven. I believe I was having what many in Christian circles would call an epiphany, or maybe it was just a dream. However, to me, the dream was real. Christ had appeared to me that night in the midst of an abusive childhood and told me, "Bobby, everything's going to be all right." In the dream, the truck rumbled up the stairs and into the room I was sleeping and stopped right at the foot of my bed. Jesus leaned out of the truck and said, "Bobby. Everything is going to be all right. This "dream" was the beginning of a lifetime of God's direction, protection, provision, guidance, and ultimately freedom from abuse and forgiveness that only God could orchestrate. That dream would demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt how real the hand of God is. As you will see, the truck has great significance in my life, as well as the many other marvelous things God accomplished for me and my whole family.