Is It Well?
How often can we say like the old hymn does, that it is well with my soul? Does it come naturally to us and do we live in that place? I don’t know about you I but I find it can be tough sometimes. We are living in such turbulent times that for many of us it is a daily struggle to be able to say that. We are constantly, daily bombarded with things that make us angry, worried or upset. We can feel like all is going wrong and there is nothing we can do about it. And in many cases there is not a lot we ourselves can do to change any of the things going on around us. If you look up the history of that old hymn and the man who wrote it, Horatio Spafford, you will find an interesting story. He did not pen that hymn while sipping his coffee on a sunny day at the beach. He wrote it after horrible, awful circumstances and tremendous loss. In the midst of, and in spite of his losses, he was able to focus his eyes on Jesus who is our hope in times of trouble. Maybe it took ...