Reasonably Random Rants and Raves

When peace, like a river, attendeth my,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
- Horatio Spafford, "It Is Well with my Soul"

Today is one of those days where my thoughts keep returning to this old
hymn. In spite of all the tragedies that affected the hymn’s author, he
stood upon his faith as an anchor amongst all that might have been
buffeting him physically, psychologically, and spiritually.

So, as I struggle today with the stress of graduate school, being upset
with family and friends, and ills of body caused by the flu, I fall back
upon the words of this hymn and remind myself that “It is well with my
soul!”

Selah.

why?