Gail Seidel's blog

Her cell phone fell out of her pocket and made a splash in the water; a circumstance dreaded by all cell phone users - cell phone in the toilet. Wondering if it would still work after it’s momentary baptism, Carolina turned it on. The phone made a slight sputtering, feebly performed one task, then, fell silent. It was dead.

I was so taken yesterday by how God cared for me. I was headed down to the seminary for the Tuesday staff meeting with just enough time to park, get in the building and get prepared for a presentation I was to make at the beginning of the meeting. Just before I left my house I could not find my key to the building so I left home without it wondering how I would get in.

Signs in the London underground subway system warn travelers of the dangerous gap of space between the train and the platform that can cause injury if one does not pay attention.

A voice comes over the loudspeaker just as the doors of the London underground ready to open. Passengers push to off load. Those waiting on the platform push to on load. A proper English voice comes blaring out above the den -”Mind the Gap…mind the gap” asking all the travelers to give attention to the space between the edge of the train car and the edge of the platform.

Marry the background story with the powerful words of a song or hymn and the impact is doubled. This posting follows the three previously posted hymn stories. The history provides a window of insight into the anchors of men’s souls when times are perilous, overwhelming or just plain stressful.

As a young girl, I knew nothing of the story of this song when I sang it in church. And the songwriter, at the time of writing, had no idea of this song’s future impact.