2Cor 4:17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! NLT
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
Horatio Spafford was a successful attorney. He had a wonderful family of four daughters. Tragically, most of his business were destroyed in 1871 Chicago fire. Two years later, his wife and daughters were aboard the ocean liner that had an accident. All four daughters drowned but his wife survived and nine days later was able to contact her husband by telegraph with this question: “Saved alone—what shall I do?” Spafford took the next available ship to join his wife. During the trip, the captain of the ship notified Spafford they were crossing the place where the ship his wife and daughters had sunk.
After those moments of reflection and over the course of the rest of the journey, Spafford penned the words of this beloved hymn. May God teach us that “whatever our lot” we can still say, “It is well.” Mike Harland says, "God’s grace enables his child to trust the heart of the Father. Life will confront us too. The songs we sing in the darkest of midnight will be the very songs that show the world the unwavering faithfulness of our Father who loves us so much.The darker it gets, the more we should sing."
If you were in Horatio Spafford's shoes, will you write a song or curse God? The strength of our faith in God can only be known in times of trials not in good times. Don't let the devil steal your song. Be encouraged by the second stanza of this loved hymn: "Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul."
God of all comfort, comfort me on all sides, heal my hurting heart and help me to sing the songs of heaven in Jesus name