In 1873, Horatio Spafford wrote the words to the hymn “It is Well with My Soul” after the tragic death of his four daughters. He wrote it on the ocean while sailing near the spot where his daughters died. This is one of my favourite hymns, always reminding me of the depth of God’s love in the midst of suffering, difficulties, crises, or whatever else. It has a way of focusing my thoughts onto Jesus, a kind of rising above the situation. It reminds me that “whatever my lot…it is well with my soul…” 

This video tells of Spaffords story, set to the very hymn he penned during immense pain and loss in his life. Maybe you can use it just to take a few moments from your busy life to meditate upon who God is, and his love for us. It really is a challenge to consider the words of this hymn.

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast 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.

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!

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.

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