Day One- My Favorite Song- It Is Well With My Soul

So, right out of the starting gate, I protest!  My Favorite Song????  Really???  Favorite Song EVER?

As long as I can remember, I have always had music as an integral part of my life.  It provides such a release and comfort, boosts moments of happiness to the next level, keeps me company during the quiet times and is always evolving, just as I hope that I am.  To pick just one is almost a betrayal to all of the other favorites that could be listed here, but I guess I should try not to cheat the challenge.  At least not on the first day anyway. 

It took some thought to find the song that has remained with throughout the years, and the result took me as much by surprise as it may all of you.  It is not on my IPOD, I have not had it on a playlist in many many years, and yet this song has been with me since I was a child, gave me strength when I was an awkward teenager, comforted me in my post school years which were often turbulent and filled with change,  and even now I find is in the back of my mind, just waiting to surface when called upon.

As I look through the next 30 days, I am not sure there will be any other hymns that will appear, but I cannot think of another song that has been with me longer than this one.   I remember singing it along side my mother in the pew at church.  I sang it at my grandmother's funeral.  I remember sitting very homesick on a rock overlooking the ocean late at night in Hawaii and running it through my mind.  I remember struggling to get the words out while in Portugal.  As I learned more about my own character, I leaned very heavily on it to find the quiet still place in the middle of all of the chaos.  That is actually the story of the song, finding peace in the middle of the storm...and being content.  It can be challenging, but you all know that.  Here it is...

I had to weed through YouTube to find a version I could live with but this one has the added bonus of supplying the story behind the origins of the song, which is an inspiration in itself, and adds to the songs inspiration and power. 

I dont really recommend the following version to the faint of heart, but if you like a little more classical power behind your hymns, there is no one who can really supply that better than Sandi Patti.  God love her, she can shake the roof when she wants to...