oh little darling have you lost your way?

oh little darling i feel for you

i know it hurts but but don't believe in lies

your eyes are playing tricks on you

you try to control

try to be beautiful

but trying will let you down

whatever your lot

i pray you will sing

oh little darling if only you could feel

all of the love that we feel for you

oh little darling you would not believe

how many prayers are prayed for you

and when you don't have the voice to sing

we will be singing for you

it is well

with my soul

it is well

it is well with my soul

This is a song was written for a friend who recently went through rehab for a severe eating disorder.  She moved back to Nashville with a healthy body but a heart still struggling to find peace, meaning, and God’s plan amid a lingering turmoil. This song is a prayer for my friend.

As I wrote, I was reminded of Horatio Spafford’s hymn “It is Well With My Soul” which was birthed out of tremendous tragedy yet became an anthem of hope and trust in God’s eternal comfort.  Spafford’s four daughters had died in a shipwreck on the way to Europe, and as he travelled to grieve there with his wife, his ship passed the spot were his daughters had perished.  He chose that moment to pen the words

“Whatever my lot,

Thou hast taught me to say,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.”

Sometimes it is all but impossible to sing Spafford’s courageous words, but as a part of the Church, we have a great ability, and indeed a great calling, to intercede for one another.  Our prayers and support for those around us enable them to sing when they have no voice on their own. 

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