It Is Well
Tuesday has become music day around here. I’m currently in Seattle for the Resurgence Conference, which so far, has been very good. But, I, unfortunately, didn’t have time to write a theology post today. The band performed “It is Well With My Soul” tonight during worship. The lyrics to this song, penned by Horatio Spafford, are so powerful and moving. I wanted to post them with the hope that they will bless you:
When peace like a river attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
What ever my lot you have taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soulThough the devil will ruin, though trials may come
Let this blessed assurance control
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate
And He shed His own blood for my soulIt is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soulMy 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, oh my soulIt is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soulIt is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soulAnd Lord haste the day when my faith shall be sight
And the clouds be rolled back as a scroll
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend
Even so, it is well with my soulIt is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soulIt is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
My favorite part of this hymn is “My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought”.
I love the way the writer is overcome with joy, so much that he can’t even complete the thought he started in the first two words of the sentence.
Did you all sing it straight, the Jars of Clay version, or another? The JOC version is very easy and is on my short list of new songs to introduce.
John B.
26 Feb 08 at 3:51 pm
I am with John on this one. That too is my favorite verse.
Josh Martin
28 Feb 08 at 3:07 am