Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

"For you are my hiding place;
you protect me from trouble.
You surround me with songs
of victory."
Psalm 32:7 NLT

If you do this, you will experience
God's peace, which is far more
wonderful than the human mind
can understand. His peace will
guard your hearts and minds as
you live in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 NLT

Peace like a river

"H.G. Spafford was a businessman
in Chicago. He was a dedicated
Christian. He had some serious
financial reversals and, during the
time of readjustment, he lost his
home. He realized his family needed
to get away for a vacation. Spafford
decided to take the entire family to
England.

He sent his wife and four daughters
ahead on the SS Ville du Havre. In
midocean the French steamer carrying
his loved ones collided with another
and sank within twelve minutes; 230
people lost their lives. The four
daughters drowned, but Mrs. Spafford
was rescued. She wrote her husband,
"Saved alone."

Mr. Spafford was almost overcome
with grief. He had lost his property,
his four precious daughters were buried
beneath the deep waves of the sea,
and his wife was prostrate with grief
on the other side of the world. But he
put all his trust in God and wrote a
song that has comforted thousands
since that time:

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."

from 1001 Great Stories and Quotes
by R. Kent Hughes (Tyndale) p 304