a way

Isaiah 43: 18-19

18“Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”

God will make a way where there seems to be no way. He will be my guide- hold me closely to His side. With love and strength for each new day, He will make a way for me…… How many times have we seen these hurricanes form and be “blown” out to sea?

Don Moen wrote this song when a car accident took the life of his 9 yr old nephew. When he got to the family, a father who was a physician and 4 other injured children, this scripture was all he had for comfort. The song came from this tragic loss.

The song “It Is Well With My Soul” was written by a successful Christian lawyer Heratio Spafford. His only son died at age 4 in 1871. In 1872, the great Chicago fire wiped out his vast estate, made from a successful legal career. In 1873 he sent his wife & 4 daughters over to Europe on a summer trip on the ill fated SS Ville du Havre. Since he had a lot of work to do, he planned to follow them later. The Ship sank and he lost his 4 daughters with the wife being the only survivor. She sent him a famous telegram which simply read, “SAVED ALONE….” On his return home, his Law firm was burned down and the insurance company refused to pay him. They said “It’s an Act of God”. He had no money to pay for his house and no work, he also lost his house. Then while sitting and thinking what’s happening to him, being a spiritual person, he wrote a song – “Whatever, my Lord, You have taught me to say – It is well, it is well with my soul”.