It Is Well.....or is it?

It Is Well....or is it???

This song has been a part of my life for years.  I knew as a little girl that it was my Peepaw's favorite hymn.  As a little girl I remember singing the words to this song and wondering why a hymn would be someone's favorite song. At that point in my life, hymns were pretty much just words on a page that we sang in church but I never really FELT in my heart what they truly meant. 

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.

A few years later I learned that it is one of my Mom's favorite songs as well.  This song kept coming up in my life over and over again.  It was then that I started really mulling over the words. 

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.....or is it???? If I were to be completely honest, there are more times than not that I allow everything going on around me to cause it to not be well with me....much less my soul, my SOUL.  I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that the Lord knew over 20 years ago that this song would need to be introduced to me.

The Lord has created a tender spot in my heart towards things that are sentimental.  I am very much a traditions girl. I hold very tightly to them.....whether it be our traditions on the first day of Fall, the first day of school, Christmas, my Christmas Eve date with my Dad, Hot Springs Village in the summers right down to what meals we eat every year on that trip, etc. If I'm not careful, I hold on very tightly to these things in such a way that if they don't go exactly as I think they have each year it becomes very restless in my soul.  As trivial as it sounds, it's real.  This, along with the trials and train wrecks that have occurred in my life, as well as everyday things not going exactly as I think they should, can cause my soul to stay in a restless state. 

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.

This morning is the first morning I've had off in quite a while.  I've finally gotten a chance to go through some old emails.  While doing so, You Tube had notified me of a new song that I might be interested in.....are you kidding me???? You Tube has never done that before.  Coincidence??? No, I choose The Lord's sovereignty this morning.  To truly digest this song and allow it to become a part of me, I've still got a lot of hard work to do.  I'm so thankful though that His mercies are new every morning and that today is a new day. 

Even though it doesn't FEEL very well this morning, I'm going to choose to continue to devour the words of this song and let them penetrate deep into my soul. I've heard it said before....Sometimes we have to act ourselves into feeling instead of feeling ourselves into action.  May it be said of me....It is Well.