It Is Well...
Life is tough right now.
It is well with my soul.
My marriage is over.
It is well with my soul.
My family has been torn asunder.
It is well with my soul.
My heart has been broken.
It is well with my soul.
I miss my daughter.
It is well with my soul.
My friendships are strained.
It is well with my soul.
I find it difficult to trust.
It is well with my soul.
I find it difficult to love like Christ.
It is well with my soul.
I have been betrayed by my roommates.
It is well with my soul.
I cannot hear or feel God in this desert I have made.
It is well with my soul.
I hate this sinful flesh I live in.
It is well with my soul.
I cannot do right as hard as I try.
It is well with my soul.
It is not well with my soul.
Even so, it is well with my soul.
It is well with my soul.
My marriage is over.
It is well with my soul.
My family has been torn asunder.
It is well with my soul.
My heart has been broken.
It is well with my soul.
I miss my daughter.
It is well with my soul.
My friendships are strained.
It is well with my soul.
I find it difficult to trust.
It is well with my soul.
I find it difficult to love like Christ.
It is well with my soul.
I have been betrayed by my roommates.
It is well with my soul.
I cannot hear or feel God in this desert I have made.
It is well with my soul.
I hate this sinful flesh I live in.
It is well with my soul.
I cannot do right as hard as I try.
It is well with my soul.
It is not well with my soul.
Even so, it is well with my soul.
When peace like a river attendeth my way
When sorrow like sea billows roll.
Whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well, with my soul
My sin oh the bliss of this glorious thought.
My sin not in part but the whole
Are nailed to that cross and I'll bear them no more
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with 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
When sorrow like sea billows roll.
Whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well, with my soul
My sin oh the bliss of this glorious thought.
My sin not in part but the whole
Are nailed to that cross and I'll bear them no more
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with 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
posted by C. E'Jon Moore @ 21.4.05
2 Comments:
Just remember, these are the moments and the experiences when true and deep and real character is formed. Character is not formed for some time in the distant or even near future but for the present, the here and the now.
--Not Black
A little history lesson for you...I copied this from www.cyberhymnal.com. Maybe seeing this hymn in the context it was written in will help to comfort you when you think comfort cannot be possible: "This hymn was written after two major traumas in Spafford’s life. The first was the great Chicago Fire of October 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a wealthy businessman). Shortly after, while crossing the Atlantic, all four of Spafford’s daughters died in a collision with another ship. Spafford’s wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram, “Saved alone.” Several weeks later, as Spafford’s own ship passed near the spot where his daughters died, the Holy Spirit inspired these words. They speak to the eternal hope that all believers have, no matter what pain and grief befall them on earth."
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