Month of Music Day 19 Audio Adrenaline It Is Well Underdog 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 [Chorus:] It is well (it is well) With my soul (with my soul) It is well, it is well with my soul My sin O the joy of this glorious thought My sin not in part but the whole Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more paraise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul [Chorus:] It is well (it is well) With my soul (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 [Chorus:] It is well (it is well) With my soul (with my soul) It is well, it is well with my soul

My Take:

One of our most beloved Hymns, "It Is Well With My Soul" is actually but a brief moment of sanity and clarity in a downward spiral. I think it's fitting that such a horrible circumstance be thought of so well. This man's tragedy was led to his struggle to find some meaning in it all. I've done the same thing. When I think that life has me thrown down as far as I can go, I look up. Every time, every time, I look for God I find Him. After finding Him, I get something else amazing to do. Even though Horatio Gates Spafford ended his life in tragedy, he has a testimony that lives on.

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author: John Stansbury
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