Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27

In 1873 Chicago businessman Horatio Spafford lost all four of his daughters when the French Ocean Liner the Ville De Havre went down in the Atlantic Ocean. Upon hearing the news, Mr. Spafford quickly boarded a ship crossing the Atlantic to join his grieving wife who had been rescued from the sinking vessel. When Horatio’s ship passed over the place where the Ville De Havre and his daughters went down, Horatio began to recite the words that would become one of the most beloved Hymns in history. The Hymn says; “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 With My Soul

There is no earthly way to say such words unless you know Jesus, and believe the promise of peace that He gave to us. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Only faith will bring you such peace.