Are Ya Okay?

My rear end should have felt numb because of the hard cement bench, but it didn’t. Actually, I felt comfortable. I was sitting in an old, abandoned factory or warehouse with Jesus. We were at a cement table, each having a cup of hot, black coffee. We were located on the street level of the building, and I could see the city landscape out the front of the structure where windows used to be. Jesus and I sat in peaceful silence, sipping our coffees.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake. The walls and floors above us began to crumble and fall. I winced, but I didn’t move. God just calmly took another sip. Miraculously, there was no dust in my coffee and not one piece of debris hit him or me! At the end of the earthquake, he looked at me calmly and said, “Are ya okay?”

Next, it started to rain. My first thought was to shiver, but then I realized I wasn’t cold. My hair and clothes became saturated as the rain washed away the cityscape to reveal a grassy hillside on a cloudy, rainy day. I looked at Jesus’ coffee and then at mine. Not one drop of rain disturbed our drinks! I exclaimed that I was soaking wet when Jesus coolly asked, “Yes, but are ya okay?”

At that moment, the wind picked up. The cement table we were at didn’t budge, nor did the surface of our coffees. Still, the wind was so strong my hair was literally horizontal! My clothes were instantly dry! I looked over at my Lord and he had a long, cottony, light gray beard over his mouth and jaw that was flapping in the wind over his shoulders. He and I both laughed as he took off the gray beard and let it blow away in the wind. Serenely he looked at me and questioned, “Are ya okay?”

Finally, the wind stopped. The sky was still gray and dark, but a peaceful silence settled over the hillside. Quietly, small flakes of snow began falling on us and the table, but not on our coffees, which were still hot. Surprisingly, I was not cold, even though the snow began collecting on my hair and shoulders. Just as before, Jesus looked at me kindly and asked, “Are ya okay? You may not like the conditions. You may be uncomfortable at times, but are ya okay?” And I was.

You will be too. Sit still and trust Jesus.