3 Words that will Change Your Life

 
These past few weeks, actually months, have honestly carried a lot of challenges in my life. Well, not my life as much as ones that I love. Still, when we love, we love big right? What hurts them, hurts us. I have been more than simply “tempted” to sink into worry and fear–I have been there!
I have prayed passionately for a “miracle” for one of those circumstances. But guess what? I know God is still at work doing what only He can do for those I am praying for.
What I did not expect was–(surprise-surprise) He did a miracle in ME!
 
As I sincerely prayed, fasted and “pressed in” I did not see the circumstances change as I would have liked.
 
What I did see change was me.
 
God brought un mistakable peace to my heart. He told ME exactly how I should respond to the needs around me. As He did two songs were on repeat in my heart and mind.
 
One was–I have the JOY-JOY-JOY down in my heart. I have the LOVE OF JESUS down in my heart.
 
The other was It is WELL with my soul.
 
Those THREE WORDS will change your life.
 
ALL IS WELL.
 
I researched the words to that song and also was reminded of the story of it’s beginnings.
 
I have copied it below.
 
Enjoy.
Sing.
And remember, ALL IS WELL!
 
The story of —It Is Well with My Soul
Horatio Spafford knew something about life’s unexpected challenges. He was a successful attorney and real estate investor who lost a fortune in the great Chicago fire of 1871. Around the same time, his beloved four-year-old son died of scarlet fever.
Thinking a vacation would do his family some good, he sent his wife and four daughters on a ship to England, planning to join them after he finished some pressing business at home. However, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the ship was involved in a terrible collision and sunk. More than 200 people lost their lives, including all four of Horatio Spafford’s precious daughters. His wife, Anna, survived the tragedy. Upon arriving in England, she sent a telegram to her husband that began: “Saved alone. What shall I do?”
Horatio immediately set sail for England. At one point during his voyage, the captain of the ship, aware of the tragedy that had struck the Spafford family, summoned Horatio to tell him that they were now passing over the spot where the shipwreck had occurred.1
        As Horatio thought about his daughters, words of comfort and hope filled his heart and mind. He wrote them down, and they have since become a well-beloved hymn
      
Perhaps we cannot always say that everything is well in all aspects of our lives. There will always be storms to face, and sometimes there will be tragedies. But with faith in a loving God and with trust in His divine help, we can confidently say, “It is well, it is well with my soul.”  Loyd Newell
 
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 (it is well) With my soul (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 (yes, He has) has regarded my helpless estate And has shed His own blood for my soul
It is well (it is well) With my soul (with my soul) It is well, it is well with my soul
 
My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought (a thought)
My sin, not in part, but the whole (every bit, every bit, all of it)
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more (yes!)
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
 
Sing it as well
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!
 
It is well (it is well) With my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well with my soul
Sing up to Jesus, it is well!
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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2 Comments

  1. So much of the time, the miracle is a shift in my perspective and a hope that is eternally rooted. Thank you for articulating that so beautifully.

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