When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Last Sunday we dedicated Greyson Michael Francy in our church. Before we went up for the dedication, we sang that song. As I sat there tears flowed down my cheeks, and thoughts rushed through my mind. It didn't have to be this way.....I could have been sitting at my sons memorial service singing that same song. And a sweet friend from church is going to do that very thing this week. She will bury her son...And it breaks my heart.
Horatio Spafford wrote that hymn. He had his only son die, then sent his wife and daughters on a trip and was to meet them. The boat sank and his only four daughters died. His wife survived. As he took a boat to meet his wife, and passed the location where his children passed, he wrote those words....It is well with my soul.....That my friends, is faith.
There has been such heartache going on around me. That is the second time in the last week that I have learned of the death of a child. It is the thing that scares me the most. Loosing my children. I can't and don't want to ever imagine that feeling. It isn't right....parents shouldn't bury their children. But God has a plan, and I don't doubt it....not for a minute.
So with that.....the Buyer withdrew the contract. My house is on the market again. But it is well....God has a plan....Please don't think a thing about it.....Just pray for my sweet friend.
4 comments:
I love that song. It makes me cry everytime I sing it.
I too have been shocked at all the tragedy that is going on around me. My heart has been heavy. My world has a whole new look when I see it from this angle.
I love you. Thank you for keeping things in perspective and helping all of us to realize that we must keep our eyes on Christ.
That was the only song that was sang at Lucy's memorial service. Acapella (sp?), outside, in the very slightest of drizzling rain. I can still hear my friend Michelle singing it now. So beautiful, so pure, and so true...just like all of our babies both here, and in heaven.
The song was sung at Tatum's service this week too. It was almost too much for me to bear.
My heart is burdened with grief right now. Praying for your friends, now and in the weeks to come.
Praying for your friends. Love you all.
The day after we lost our 2 year old, we went to church. Where else could I be? As we sat in our pew, "It is well" started to play. We sang the best we could, knowing we were singing the truth. Later, at our baby's funeral, I thanked our music minister for playing that song. He told us he had it on the schedule for 5 Sundays in a row, and it just hadn't worked out until THAT Sunday. God knew we needed that song...to believe that song. 6 months later, I can truly say "It IS Well With My Soul!"
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