Monday Writing...8/20/18..."It is Well"

Good Morning,

Today's Theme is based on Psalm 46:1-3  which has the following words, "Therefore we will not fear." It is the story of Horatio G. Spafford, who lost all four of his children in a catastrophic incident on the high seas. Only his wife survived. In the midst of this he sat down heart broken and wrote a song that showed his submission to this tragedy knowing that God had not abandoned him and his wife. Bre wrote, "Every single  one of us goes through trials. Every single one of us needs to turn to God for help. Every single one of us feels like life is falling apart sometimes."

She used this story to show how a people of faith and courage handle heartbreak and challenge in their lives.

Bre.....................and Corinne

Today's Devotional 

"It is Well" Written by
Bre Miller

 God is our refuge and strength,

    an ever-present help in trouble.

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Therefore we will not fear, 

though the earth give way

    and the mountains fall 

into the heart of the sea,

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though its waters roar and foam

    and the mountains quake 

with their surging.

Psalm 46:1-3

Every single  one of us goes through trials. Every single one of us needs to turn to God for help. Every single one of us feels like life is falling apart sometimes.

I’m going to tell you a short story about the author of the hymn that we all know and love, "It Is Well With My Soul."

You may already know it, but it's worth telling either way.

Horatio G. Spafford did not go with his family on this cruise because he had some work to complete first. While the family was crossing the Atlantic from the U.S. to Europe, there was an accident and the ship crashed into another ship. This crash ended up taking his four daughters. His wife survived and wrote about it to him.

After this happened, Horatio wrote, "It Is Well With My Soul." I hear this story and think, what an amazing man of faith, or in young people terms “What a bad {or should I say rad?} dude!”

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Kristene DiMarco

sings "It is Well" 

“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

It is well  with my soul

It is well, it is well with my soul

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,Let this blest assurance control,

That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,And hath shed His own blood for my soul

It is well (it is well) with my soul (with my soul)It ss well, it is well with my soul

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thoughtMy sin, not in part but the whole,

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul It is well (it is well)With my soul (with my soul)

It is well, it is well with my soul”

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