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It is well, with my soul.


"Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with them." (Is. 3:10)

"...God's shalls must be understood always in their largest sense.
From the beginning to the end of the year, from the first gathering of evening shadows until the daystar shines,
in all conditions and under all circumstances, it will be well with the righteous.
It is so well with him that we could not imagine it to be better,
for he is well fed; he feeds upon the flesh and blood of Jesus.
He is well clothed; he wears the imputed righteousness of Christ.
He is well housed; he dwells in God.
He is well married; his soul is joined in the bonds of marriage union to Christ;
He is well provided for; the Lord is his Shepherd
He is well endowed; heaven is his inheritance.
It is well with the righteous - well upon divine authority.  The mouth of God speaks the comforting assurance.  Beloved, if God declares that all is well, ten thousand devils may declare it to be ill, but we laugh them all to scorn.  Blessed be God for a faith that enables us to believe God when the creatures contradict Him!
It is, says the Word, at all times well with you, righteous one; then, beloved, if you cannot see it, believe in God's Word instead of your sight.  Yes, believe it on divine authority more confidently than if your eyes and your feelings told it to you.  Whom God blesses is blessed indeed, and what His lips declare is a truth that is steadfast and sure."
(Portion from April 14 of Charles Spurgeon's Morning & Evening)

 This life is a constant changing season.  I'm learning to be okay with that.  His ways are looking much different than my own, but that's where it is best for me to be.  Friendships and relationships are all turning out differently from what I had imagined them, but it's really God I'm here to please.  Not to please myself, or to please my love for particular friendships or my desire for the "ideal" in suitors for each of my siblings.  Not to please myself, and my "perfect" envisions and expectations of those I know and love - It can be quite the discouragement to watch those around you fall in order to learn, to struggle to learn to overcome and to understand God's grace.  Making mistakes is a part of our fallen nature, and we can't do anything good, pure, or right without Jesus...  But I will not be crushed, because it is TRULY well with my soul.  I am saved from SO very much because of him, and His love and mercy is lavished on me every new morning.

And if He leads me all the way (which He will), then yes... It is well.

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