It is well, with my soul....

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.

Refrain:
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

I've heard this song for the first time in Koramangala Methodist Church, Bangalore.  I loved the song the moment I heard it and remembered the lines.."It is well with my soul". I googled it and only then I came to know the circumstances in which the writer was while writing it! I was moved....I was thinking about the plight of Spafford who wrote this song, he was in deep pain having lost his children and he was far away ...but still he chose to say to himself that it is well! Its so difficult to say this even in small pain that we see day in and out., but here is this man of faith who in such troubled time chose to glorify God and say to himself..It is well with my soul...

This song..since that day...has bought so much change in me, though the pain won't  end nor the tears stop rolling by but this songs gives me strength to sing... 

whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, 

It is well, it is well with my soul. 

....this song has been my companion in times of loneliness and suffering and pain!

Thank You Lord for the Hope we have in YOU! just waiting for the trumphet sound to see YOU face to face!! or till YOU call me home..