it is well with my soul
A Pilgrimage to the Cross
Walking through Lent with Jesus
It’s the weekend! Saturday March 19th / Sunday March 20th
If you want to think through the subject of the life God blesses, go then to the soul, to the deepest parts of “inner space” where God is most likely to visit with a person, whisper His secrets, establish connections, heal spiritual wounds, generate hope and courage.
The soul is the deeper part of all of us that others cannot see. It is the quiet part where people are most apt to connect with God. In that deeper, quiet place of spiritual geography there was, in biblical times, and is today, dialogue with heaven, events of repentance, praise and worship, and the formation of intentions to life and knowledge that enable people to become what I like to call kingdom-builders.
Gordon MacDonald ‘The Life God Blesses’
How is your soul?
Do you spend much time looking after it?
What are you feeding your inner life?
What exercise do you give your soul?
What do you think of the classical spiritual disciplines- things like meditation, fasting, simplicity, solitude, confession……. Have you tried any of these? Do they form part of your daily routine? Do you think they could be valuable or helpful?
Do you have anyone to talk to about spirituality? Are you accountable to anyone? Does anyone ever ask you about your prayer life?
This weekend, pause on the journey towards the cross to examine your soul….
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.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Horatio Spafford
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