It is Well With My Soul

Happy Sunday to you all!  What a blessing it is to be able to worship the One True God of Heaven, and to feel His Glorious Presence all around me!  Praise His Holy Name!
In church today we sang one of my very favorite songs...It is Well With My Soul.  The story behind the man, Horatio Spafford,  who wrote that song in the 1870's is incredible and moving!  He lost his son and then went on to lose his 4 daughters at the same time, in a ship wreck as they were on their way to England.  He penned those words as he sat on another ship in the area that his daughters ship went down.  My heart breaks for him and the sadness that, I'm sure was trying to overtake him.  But he then went on to write a song that has touched so many peoples lives through the years!  If I ever have to face a tragedy, I pray that I'll be able to sing these words from my heart...

 When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Refrain

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Refrain

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

Refrain

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

Refrain

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.


I pray that this week holds blessings for you all!  Let God take the wheel and trust Him at every turn!  Keep checking back...I am starting a series this week on Titus 2:4,5

Resting in His Presence...