Scott Freeman

All Will Be Well

I’m spotlighting what I believe are songs by secular artists that contain profound Christian truths.

This past Sunday night I was teaching through the book of Revelation. As we were discussing chapter 12 I made the statement that I don’t believe that Scripture teaches that Satan is a fallen angel. I’m never able to get far past that declaration without someone stopping me.

Ultimately, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that God created evil. For me, it teeters at the brink of a dualism that I can’t quite embrace. The very idea of Theodicy, reconciling the existence of a loving God with the presence of evil, is very troubling to me. If there was ever an area where my faith could most be attacked, as for many of us, this would be it.

Theodicy is a process that is fraught with danger and unanswered questions. When we are honest we must admit that many of our conclusions rarely rise above platitudes and shallow theology. For many of life’s catastrophe’s there is no explanation, no justification for the heart-ache, pain, war and injustices that we wage against one another.

That is why my theodicy is best summed up from the writings of Julian of Norwich, “All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” That, to me, is the gospel. It is the hope that we have as children of God. It seems like such a simple saying but it is so profound and deep that it is many days the one thing that gives me hope: that all will be well. I would like to give a greater reading into Julian of Norwich and I might do so later. For now, look her up on your own. Her story is a compelling one. You will be blessed.

The power and resonance of that conclusion is why, over the past year, this song by Gabe Dixon has been on frequent rotation on my iPod. He crystallizes in four minutes the truth, beauty, hope and glory that we have that God is good and “all will be well.”

The new day dawns
And I am practicing my purpose once again
It is fresh and it is fruitful if I win
but if I lose, ooh, I don’t know
I’ll be tired but I will turn and I will go
Only guessing ’til I get there then I’ll know
Ohh, I will know

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that’s shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you’ve broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

The winter’s cold
But the snow still lightly settles on the trees
And a mess is still a moment I can seize until I know
That all will be well
Even though sometimes this is hard to tell
And the fight is just as frustrating as hell
All will be well

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that’s shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you’ve broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

You got to keep it up
And don’t give up
And chase your dreams
And you will find
All in time

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that’s shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you’ve broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

All will be well
Even after all the promises you’ve broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
You can ask me how but only time will tell