old song...New meaning

Blake just got back from a neat school trip for his business class on virtual enterprise.  I am staying up late tonight to help him finish an English project that he kinda   procrastinated  forgot about!! He is writing and I am typing.  Despite the few times I couldn't read his hand writing, I have loved every extra minute of reading his writings.  It has really made me stop and reflect.  It is a pretend journal entry of a man that took the journey west with many other Latter Day Saints.  He has had to do some extensive research about real happenings and then his fictional character through his journal tells the story.  

It sure makes my life look so simple!

One things that really struck me was the words to a song that was written on the journey.  It is amazing how the words are so effective in my life today even though my journey is a cake walk compared to the journey these amazing people traveled.  I am thankful for their wisdom and their example that leads on today. 

"Come, Come, Ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear;  But with joy wend your way.  Though hard to you this journey may appear, Grace shall be as your day.  Tis better far for us to strive our useless cares from us to drive;  Do this, and joy your hearts will swell-All is well! All is well!" 


Oh how sweet those words mean to me in so many walks of my life in the past two years and now...the loss of Dad, finishing school, new career, adoption journey...I love the part of "All is well!"  What a great reminder of how sweet it is......