It Is Well- A Story of Love and Faith in the Almighty God

This story never ceases to bring me to weaping. Such an amazing story of love. Love for family, and love and trust for our Almighty God! Listen and read as this story unfolds! How do we react to our trials, our moutain tops, and even when dear ones close to us die? What ever we do, whatever happens in life, whether trial, or tribulation, sorrow or Joy... may we boast all the more gladly, lifting our faces back up to Our Father in Heaven!!!

Many blessings, friends!

In 1871, tragedy struck Chicago as fire ravaged the city. When it was allover, 300 people were dead and 100,000 were homeless. Horatio GatesSpafford was one of those who tried to help the people of the city getback on their feet. A lawyer who had invested much of his money into thedowntown Chicago real estate, he'd lost a great deal to the fire. And his oneson (he had four daughters) had died about the same time. Still, for two yearsSpafford--who was a friend of evangelist Dwight Moody--assisted the homeless,impoverished, and grief-stricken ruined by the fire.After about two years of such work, Spafford and his family decided to takea vacation. They were to go to England to join Moody and IraSankey on one of their evangelistic crusades, then travel in Europe. HoratioSpafford was delayed by some business, but sent his family on ahead. Hewould catch up to them on the other side of the Atlantic.Their ship, the Ville du Havre, never made it. Off  Newfoundland, itcollided with an English sailing ship, the Loch Earn, and sank within 20minutes.  Though Horatio's wife, Anna, was able to cling to a piece offloating wreckage (one of only 47 survivors among hundreds), their fourdaughters--Maggie, Tanetta, Annie, and Bessie--were killed.Horatio received a horrible telegram from his wife, only two words long: "savedalone."  Spafford boarded the next available ship to be near his grieving wife, andthe two finally met up with Dwight Moody. "It is well," Spafford told himquietly. "The will of God be done."  Though reports vary as to when he did so, that belief ledSpafford to pen the words to one of the English language's best-known hymns. Somesay he wrote it on the ship to meet his wife, around the place where hisdaughters died.