LBW #346, "When Peace, Like a River"
Devotion
“She’s burning with desire for her Lord Jesus.” That is how I described the on-fire little lady who always knew when I needed a boost. She stood four feet, ten inches tall and was stooped over in almost constant physical pain, but she was the sunshine and warmth in my life and in the lives of hundreds of members in my congregation.
She would pop her head around my office door and ask, “How are you and God doing today, Pastor Roger?” My reply was almost always the same: “God is great, but I’m struggling with this or that.” That’s when she would sing to me - everything from Have You Seen Jesus My Lord? to The Old Rugged Cross to my personal favorite, When Peace, Like a River, and we’d break into the chorus together: “It is well, it is well with my soul!”
Prayer
Thank you, Lord, that when sorrows, like sea billows, roll, you bring people of faith to support and encourage me. Amen.