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It Is Well!

Run to meet her and ask her, 'Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?'" "Everything is well," she said. 2 Kings 4:26

In 1871, when fire ravaged the City of Chicago leaving 300 dead and 100,000 homeless, attorney Horatio Gates Spafford, a friend of D L Moody, helped its people get back on their feet. After two years of tireless effort he and his family decided to take a much needed vacation. They planned to travel to England and join Moody in an evangelistic crusade; then go on to Europe. When Spafford got delayed he sent his family ahead planning to meet them on the other side of the Atlantic. But they never made it. Near Newfoundland their ship collided with an English sailing vessel and sank within 20 minutes. Spafford's wife, Anna, survived by clinging to some floating wreckage but all four of their daughters drowned. Next day Spafford received this terrible two-word telegram from his wife: Saved Alone! He immediately went to be with her.

Later in the course of relating their story to D.L. Moody, Spafford said quietly, 'It is well, the will of God be done.' In fact it was those days of overwhelming grief that inspired him to compose the beloved hymn that has comforted so many of us: “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!” Can you sing those words? Have you come to the place in your life where you know for sure that if you were to die today, you would go to heaven? You can, by surrendering your life to Jesus, and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide you to Jesus as your personal Savior. Why not do it today!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, each day is a gift from you. Help me use today to bring honor to you knowing that when I end this life I will spend eternity with you. Amen