All Will Be Well: Learning to Trust God's Love

I was drawn to this book because of the title which I recognized as part of a famous quote by Julian of Norwich, which I love: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” This short children's picture book also includes the quote, “We live and we last because God loves us.” Such beautiful and true theology! If you are here, then God loves you!

This book also helps children (and adults!) know it's okay to feel their emotions, and how it helps to name them. (Sometimes sad feels like mad, for example.) It also shows Julian processing her grief of her Mima dying: “Why didn't you make Mima well?” she asked God. Like Job, she does not get a direct answer to her question, but she is reminded that God loves her and God loved Mima and “All will be well, all will be well, everything will be well.” These are big themes, big questions, and big feelings we all still struggle with as adults, packaged in an age-appropriate, wise and loving way for children. I think the best children's books are ones might be the ones like this one that resonate with us as adults as well.