Horatio Spafford wrote the hymn, “It Is Well with My Soul,” after suffering a number of extreme personal trials including the death of all four of his daughters in a collision at sea. Despite this terrible tragedy and while visiting the site of this unbearable loss, he was still able to pen the lyrics to this hopeful and uplifting hymn. Mr. Spafford’s words describe a deep, abiding faith, whether in times of peace and security or in the midst of extreme trials.
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.’
I am excited to begin this study. I rlaley need to delve into HOPE right now. My husband and I have an amazing 3 year old daughter via domestic adoption. We desperately want a 2nd child. And my daughter prays to Jesus every day to bring her a sibling, sometimes with tears in her eyes. We We began the adoption process and paperwork. My daughter took about 6 months for us to be matched. Now? It’s been almost a year we’ve been waiting. I get in these funks that God doesn’t have a 2nd child for us, that no birth parents will like us enough to pick us, that I’m not a good enough mom for a 2nd child. And I want to Jesus answer my daughter’s prayers so she can see the HOPE we have in Him! So, I’m going to focus on the HOPE that God has my life planned. It may not include a 2nd child or it may .but I am praying for HOPE either way!