I love visiting my Mom! We have a wonderful time together and it's always a time of rest and relaxation for me. Today, it got me to thinking about the old time hymn, "It is well with my soul."
I remember a time, (right before my divorce), when it literally felt like waves crashing all around me. I was getting knocked down from every direction. For a moment there, I didn't seem to know if I was coming or going. The ground seemed to be crumbling under my feet.
I'd love to tell you that evenso I was able to hold my head high and shout... "Yes! but it's well with my soul!" But no... that's not how the story goes.
In reality, I was standing in a church and they began to sing this old hymn, and as I lifted up my hands towards heaven, I thought to myself, "No! It is not well with my soul!" I was so broken. I felt like everything was falling apart! Maybe that's not what you want to hear, but that's what happened. I do remember falling to my knees before the end of the night, and God pouring out His unlimited Peace upon me, in a way that I can't event begin to explain.
That's why this song means so much to me. Since then, there's not a day that's gone by, that it isn't well with my soul. And the contrast of how it feels is night and day. I'm very thankful for the Peace that comes in having a Divine Connection with Christ! - A peace about eternity, as well as a peace for my everyday life, here and now, in calm weather, and in crashing storms.
"And the peace of God which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7
And now, having removed my RED SHOES from my feet, I lay my head down to rest, thanking God for His peaceful presence, in my heart, my mind, and in my soul!
Gail
