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When sorrows like sea billows rollDuring the times in my life when I feel that life is throwing me a curve ball at every corner, reading about the life of hymnist Horatio Spafford always brings me back to reality. One of my favourite, go to inspirational, real life, Christian stories, at times when I’m feeling low and life seems to take a tumble towards a bottomless pit, is about the life of the author of the hymn It is well with my Soul.
Instead of letting the developments throw a damper on the family holiday, Horatio persuaded his family to go as planned and he would follow later. Anna and her four daughters sailed East to Europe while Horatio returned to Chicago. Nine days later, Horatio received a telegram from his wife in Wales. It read: “Saved alone.”
The words which Horatio wrote that day reveals a man whose trust in the Lord was unwavering. How would we react or respond in such overwhelming circumstances? Who would we blame first as the source of all our troubles or have the grace to believe that God is not responsible for all our troubles? He did not write the words ‘It is well with my Soul’ because of his great success. They came as a reflection at a time of great personal tragedy from a man whose commitment to the Lord was unwavering.
After he passed away, I was even more paranoid about even the slightest pain, fearing that my children would be orphaned if something happened to me. Throughout the short period that he was ill, the hymn God gives His people strength kept reverberating in my head and when the hymn was sung during his funeral, I broke down when I realised God was preparing me for that exact moment.
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