Oh. At this funeral service, we gather together as family and friends to mourn very really the loss of Barb Vink. By God's grace, she was a beloved and godly wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother, and friend to many. And after a long battle against cancer, her Lord and her Savior, Jesus Christ, according to His sovereign will, and in His time, not ours, brought an end, not only to her life on this earth, but an end to her afflictions. And that was according to His good will and for her salvation. And somehow, though we do not understand all of His purposes, for us, His people as well. So while we grieve over her loss, our loss, we do not mourn as those without hope, but we thank our God for the time that He did give her and us with her on this earth. We thank Him that for Barb to live was Christ and to die is gain. Let's come before God in prayer. O God of all comfort, comfort us together with Thy Word, and by Thy Holy Spirit, take hurting hearts Joel, Barb's children, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, friends, and brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, take our hearts, comfort them, comfort us, knowing that we belong to Thee and to our faithful Savior Jesus Christ, And that both in life and in death, in both soul and body, we do belong to Him, who with His precious blood hath fully satisfied for all of our sins, given to us that comfort of the gospel. And may the different facets of that Gospel which come forth from Thy Word that we sing this morning and that we read about and that we hear explained, may the different facets of that precious Gospel be impressed upon our souls. In the time of grief, in the time of sorrow, sometimes our hearts become hard and frustrated and even angry with Thy will. And so we pray, forgive, and in Thy mercy soften and open and make us hungry and thirsty for Thy Word, for Jesus Christ, who is the only comfort for us today. And may Thy name, O God, be glorified that above all, even in the time of grief. We pray these things for Jesus' sake. Amen. While remaining seated, the family has asked that we sing, first of all, Psalter No. 53. Salto number 53, let's sing all five stanzas. Within the realms of righteousness, before His holy state. In the world of prudence and will, Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Yeah! We now arise and sing that hymn, How Great Thou Art. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet ♪ Amen ♪ Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee, Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave to take away my sin. Blessings, my soul, I say to thee. ♪ Change my soul ♪ ♪ I say it now to Thee ♪ ♪ Thou break the heart ♪ ♪ Thou break the heart ♪ ♪ When grace shall come ♪ ♪ With shouts of acclamation ♪ to thee, the great awards, the great awards. At this time, we'll have Barb's daughter, Megan Speed, speak a few words about her mother. Mama's very free-spirited. and didn't plan much or think too much about the past. That was very free spirited. I don't know if this is on. Is it on? Mom was very free-spirited. She didn't plan much or think too much about the past. She didn't look too far into the future. She was great at living in the moment and taking things day by day. But she did plan this entire memorial. I told her I wanted to say a few things about her, and she said, that would be nice, but don't talk too much about me and don't praise me. So I will talk about who she was undeniably as a person because her life mattered. Jesus cared about who she was and what she loved and what she did throughout her short walk here on earth. He died for her so we can remember her life today because he loves her and who she is. I'm going to talk about a few of those things that made her so special to us and in God's sight. While she'd say she was nowhere near perfect, we can use her life as an example and witness of God's work through her. This all would be in vain otherwise if we didn't look at her life and see Christ's work in her life, making her who she is. Mom was a witness and a light in many things, but especially through strength. She battled cancer as a young mom with an infant, and though she was given diagnosis after diagnosis through the past 20 plus years, she never complained once. She'd say, eh, well, I can't change the Lord's will for me, so why bother crying, whining about it? His plan is good all the time. That was Christ showing through her. How else could you be so strong and so seemingly unaffected in such a situation? He continued to give her grace upon grace just when she needed it. We as her family experienced that same grace. It's hard to imagine how on earth you'll get through something like this until you're in it, experiencing that grace that carries you through. Mom had that grace and perseverance and not through herself. She was strong because she undeniably relied on Christ for everything and gave it all over to him. Not only was she strong in faith, but she exercised that same strength in the gym, which was one of her favorite places to be. She went to the gym regularly, taking care of and stewarding her God-given body and making many friendships along the way. Our family providentially went on our last vacation together over Christmas, which was an unusual time for us to travel together. Mom said she wanted to give us a gift of experience together rather than physical gifts. How special is that? She was already feeling sick, and while we kids were not entirely clued into the situation, mom did not let her pain hold her back, and we hiked every day with her. A few weeks prior, mom and I even ran a 5K together, and you could say I had some trouble keeping up with her. And eventually, I came in a whole two-something minutes later than her. Not only did she have perseverance with strength, but she also had peace. She had friends wonder how on earth she was at peace with her situation. And she'd share of her comfort in God, prompting more questions about Jesus. If her testimony brings even one person to Christ who had not known him before, it's all worth it and she'd say the same. It's all about giving him the glory through the situations we face. Mom was confident, independent, and a leader. She knew just what she wanted and didn't dwell on or care too much about the little things. She shrugged things off rather than letting them bring her down and focused on the bigger picture. She was never one to just do things the normal way or take the easy way out. She always knew the answer to any question we'd have for her. In the last few years, mom lived life to the fullest in a different kind of way. She loved everyone. She had friends from everywhere and every walk. Regardless of any differences, she would love like Jesus does and his kindness radiated from her. We will miss her at Pentwater as the family goes on year 38. We won't have to go out scouting for her now when she disappears on her paddleboard after three hours deciding to check out the shores of Ludington. We'll miss her on our regular spring break trips to Cape San Blas in Florida and on our sunset cruises on the boat in Grand Haven. We'll miss her gardening and making the house and landscaping look like a magazine. and our yearly spring trips to the greenhouse together. We'll miss hearing daily of her very nonchalant eight-mile walks with the dogs on Lake Michigan. We'll miss her at our regular worship concerts with my mom-in-law, Jamie. We'll miss her when we have kids of our own and at Ethan and Megan's wedding this summer in California. But there's literally no better and happier place for her to be through all in and all of those things. We wouldn't wish her back for her own sake. When I was talking about the wedding in front of mom, I apologized, not wanting to hurt her feelings, and she said, oh, stop. I'll be celebrating something even bigger at the feet of Jesus. Plus, I'll be way too busy talking to Moses to care. We know she loved to do these things, but she had her sights on something greater. She had many hobbies, including furniture flipping and interior design. I'd come home from a week-long trip, and my entire room and furniture would be painted a new color, and I had a new bed set. She always had a knack for stuff like that. In her final weeks and months, she spent most of her time designing her dear sister Sue's house that dad was building next door. She had many hobbies over the years, but her passion for dogs and the Stabby Hoon breed trumped them all. She spent countless hours doing genetic research and working on the ASA board to better their breed, as if they weren't already the most perfect pups in the world. But most of all, she spent her life, her entire life, making sure that the needs of her people around her were met. She always went the extra mile to make sure that we would never doubt her love for us. She loved her kids, and they loved her because she was always so unapologetically herself. And she loved her grandchildren more than anything in this world. God could have easily taken mom 20 years ago when she first had her first diagnosis, but her work here was not done. She did her job to raise us kids so that we were ready to be on our own. She loved my dad fiercely, and there's no denying that after I found all of her old cards to him that she kept since they were first dating as high school sweethearts. They weren't only each other's soulmate and spouse, but they were the best example to us kids of what best friends should be. I'm so thankful that mom decided to ask dad out so that they could have this life that they shared together all these years. Now mom is worshiping at the feet of Jesus. And I imagine she's spending all of her days in heaven taking care of the gardens and the animals, hopefully a whole herd of stabbies. And she's humming and whistling through her teeth while she does it. She learned that trait from her dad who she loved more than just anyone on this earth. Death is far from glamorous, but is a whole lot more beautiful with a savior and a hope of reuniting with us all again in just a short time. I'll let Pastor Mattani take you the word, but I wanted to end by reading Proverbs 31 of the virtuous woman. This captivates just who mom was and who we should strive to be. Let's see if I can turn that. Proverbs 31. An excellent wife who can find, she is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not harm all the days of her life. She seeks woolen flax and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant. She brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. She considers a field and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hand to the distaff and holds a spindle. She opens her hands to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. She's not afraid of snow for her household, for all of her household is clothed in scarlet. She makes bed coverings for herself, and her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders in the land. She makes linen garments and sells them. She delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the way of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also, and he praises her. Many women have done excellently, but you surpassed them all. Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her works praise her in the gates. And the kiddos can come up and they're gonna sing a song. You. ♪ Heavenly King, Heavenly King ♪ ♪ Heavenly King of Jesus Christ the Lord ♪ ♪ Heavenly King, Heavenly King ♪ Eat. you ♪ Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me that Jesus lives. Tell me, tell me, tell me that Jesus lives. Thank you, children. We will meet again with all of God's people, including Aunt Barb. Thank you, Megan, for the appropriate words. Barb laid out how she wanted her funeral to go. And she picked this text that I explained this morning in Psalm 77. Psalm 77, I do ask that you turn there. I'm not at this point going to read the whole psalm, but I'll refer to verses in the psalm, especially at the beginning of the message. But we focus this morning on the last two verses of Psalm 77. Psalm 77, verses 19 and 20. This is the Word of God. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. Thou leadest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Beloved family and friends of Barb Vink, we meditate for a few moments on those verses and the surrounding verses of Psalm 77. Barb wanted you to hear these words, and so I do not speak these words for Barb herself. She cannot hear them. But I speak to the living rather than to the dead. Psalm 77 was written by a child of God, and his name was Asaph. When he wrote this psalm, he was a weak, sinful, and a very troubled child of God. Listen to some of his words in the beginning of the psalm, verse 2. In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My sore ran in the night and ceased not. My soul refused to be comforted. You hear the troubled soul of the child of God. Verse 4, Thou holdest mine eyes waking. He could not sleep. And I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I think that refers, especially at least for a while, to Asaph being unable to pray. So troubled was he that Asaph expressed questionings and doubts of his heart. That's verses 7-9. Here are the doubts and questionings of Asaph in his trouble. Will the Lord cast off forever and will he be favorable no more? Is His mercy clean, gone forever? Doth His promise fail forevermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies? You can hear the psalmist with a certain brutal honesty about what was going on in his heart. He poured out his soul. When he finally could say something to God, He expressed the feelings of his heart. Now, Asaph in verse 10, notice, says that this was from his infirmity, his weakness. And so we don't have an excuse here for us to doubt or to question God's will. And yet, this is real. This is the real experience of the child of God at times in his life. That he is so troubled in this way, in this manner. And you know, especially as the family of Barb, that she herself, Barb, experienced these troubled thoughts at times. She was a weak and sinful human being like you and me. And when the battle of cancer, with cancer, or against cancer took everything out of her at times, When on top of that, conflict in the church and family resulted in strained relationships, and there was great sadness regarding other things in life, there were days that she felt this way. Has God forgotten to be gracious? She knew otherwise according to the new man, the new heart that God had given her. She knew otherwise by faith, and yet, she also had the flesh. that felt this way. And she, of course, praise God, does not have to face that trouble anymore. The Lord has delivered her from that. And yet now you, as her family, her friends, must walk upon a similar pathway, and you face those troubles yet today. Not every day do you say or feel with as much strength has God forgotten to be gracious. And yet there are times that you will be brought this low. A sense of loneliness will press upon you. And the silence of an empty bed and house And when plans for a wedding, for the building of a house, just don't happen as we planned them to happen, and when other trials in life come upon us, and the overwhelming work in life does take it all out of you, or perhaps you endure sickness yourself, and disease, and cancer. The child of God does sometimes feel this way. or the Lord cast off forever. But when the psalmist experienced these feelings, he did not remain in them. He confessed them to be his infirmities, poured out his heart before God, and then, you have to hear this, this word, he remembered. That's one of the repeated words in Psalm 77, he remembered. A transition from questioning to remembering. Verse 11 especially says this, I will remember the works of the Lord. Surely I will remember thy wonders of old. You hear the strategy, the inspired strategy of the child of God in His present troubles. The strategy is this, in the present troubles, He thinks, He remembers of past faithfulness. In the present troubles, one remembers God's past goodness. It brings to mind, And God aids him in this. What God had done in the past. Bring that to mind, family, friends of Barb Vink. I call you to that. You are to ponder the good memories that you had. You are to ponder especially, and it's proper, you are to ponder God's grace as manifest, as evidenced in that godly woman's life. And you are not to praise her herself, but to praise the Lord God who did save her and worked in her. Remember and thank Him, the Lord, for her life and the good years that He gave to her. And just the last weeks that He spared you by giving her a few more days so that you might be with her. Remember His goodness in the present trouble. But I call you not only to remember God's grace as displayed in your life and in Barb's life, but you are to remember God's grace as it is displayed in biblical history. Not just the history of your life, but biblical history. And that is what the text of this funeral focuses on. We are to remember God's goodness in the history revealed, especially in the Red Sea. When verses 19 and 20 say, Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. Thou leadest thy people like a flock by the hand of Aaron, or Moses and Aaron. That sea is the Red Sea. And for a moment you might think, why would I remember the Red Sea at a funeral service like this? And I call you to that. This is God's word. Remember not only God's goodness in your life and in Barb's life, but remember God's goodness in inspired history, particularly at the Red Sea. That's where Asaph goes back to. God's sovereign hand leading His people, His church, out of Egypt, through the middle of that Red Sea. When troubling thoughts and sorrows crowd in upon the mind, some of the best things to ponder are the familiar stories of God's Word, true stories. The way of the Red Sea for God's people of old was also full of trouble. I remind you of that. First of all, the trouble that the people of Israel faced was very real enemies that pursued them, intent to destroy them. Do you remember that, children? Jehovah God had displayed His power by bringing ten plagues against the Egyptians in order to bring His people out of that slavery to Pharaoh and Egypt. And before the last plague, importantly, God called His people, remember, to sacrifice a lamb, a Passover lamb, and to take the blood of the lamb and paint that blood on the doorposts of their houses in Egypt. so that when that last plague, where the angel of death came to visit homes in Egypt, he passed over the homes of his people, God's people, but then entered into the homes of the Egyptians and judged them. On the basis of blood, the blood of the Lamb representing Jesus Christ, God delivered the Israelites, His church, on the basis of blood, He brought them out of bondage and led them to the Red Sea. And you remember, remember with me, He didn't bring them straight north and east to the land of Canaan, but He brought them to what seemed like a dead end, to mountains on one side and a sea, a deep sea, and the other. And behind them, behind them, hardened and furious Pharaoh charged with 600 chariots, not only to bring them into bondage now, but to murder them and their children, to destroy them. Asaph says, thy way is in the sea, and thy footsteps unknown. The people were troubled by the way of the sea because of the murderous enemies that were behind them, pursuing them as they came to what seemed like a dead end. But secondly, they were troubled because of the stormy sea. The stormy sea itself, Asaph poetically but accurately describes that which was happening in that sea. In Bible storybooks, children, sometimes you might imagine a calm sea. Maybe you might imagine the sea as a sort of a huge aquarium that you could look into. And that's not the case. Verse 16, the waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. They were afraid. The depths also were troubled. So you remember the history, Moses put his rod over the sea and the waters parted, but the Bible describes it as the waters being afraid, the waters ran away, the waters churned with great turmoil. God scared the waters. So that the two walls of waters on both sides of the pathway upon which the Israelites had to walk upon, those two walls of water were not calm waters. But they're churning waters, waters in great fear, as it were, that reflected very accurately the great fear of the people who had to walk through the middle of those waters. And it was not only the churning sea, but notice in the rest of the verses after, Verse 16, that there was rain, there was a thunderstorm coming from the sky, dark clouds were overhead, and torrents of water poured down upon the Israelites, and lightnings flashed like arrows in the sky, and thunders sounded the voice of God. And not only that, under their feet, as the people of Israel were supposed to walk through the sea under their feet, verse 18, the earth trembled and shook. The ground was dry, but it was quaking as though there was an earthquake. And so, children, you ought to think about this great sea, thy ways in the sea, Asaph says, this great sea as very really a tunnel, a great tunnel of trouble on both sides, churning with a storm overhead, with the ground shaking under the feet, and behind them, enemies pursuing. But that's still not it. Thirdly, the way of the sea was troubling, not only because of the enemies and the stormy sea, but an uncertainty about that which would come. They knew generally that God was going to save them in this way. But Psalm 77 verse 19 describes it this way, Thy footsteps are not known. The Israelites didn't know where God was leading them. Every step that they took following God as He directed them through the middle of the sea, they did not know what would happen. It was at least 25 miles across that sea. What if the waters came back while they were in the middle of it? What if the Egyptians caught up? Do we know what's going to happen to our children What's on the other side? Has God forgotten us? Forgotten to be gracious, to make us go through this way? There's an uncertainty with many questions, much like what Asaph has in the earlier part of the song. And we with him, with Asaph, ponder. this history, we remember this history. Because this is not only history, but this is the present. History informs us about what goes on today. God's dealings with His covenant people in the past instructs us on how He deals with us today. Thy way, notice, not was in the sea, but the King James Version accurately puts in the is, the implied is in the original present. Thy way is in the sea. Because that Red Sea is a picture of God's providential pathway upon which He would have us walk. in this life. God brought Barb in the way of the sea. She faced spiritual enemies that sought to destroy her. Satan, sin, false doctrine, worldliness, She faced her own sins and sinful nature. We don't ignore that. There were storms in her life. In the church. Sometimes seeming to surround her like that tunnel of the Red Sea. There was cancer. that she had to endure. And there were many uncertainties about her life. She didn't know every step of the way. She didn't know how long she was going to live. How long she would have to endure the different trials God placed upon her. And as I said, there were times she cried out, will the Lord cast off forever? Will He be favorable no more? Death itself that she had to face was like that sea. In fact, the Scriptures speak of death pictured as the Jordan River, much like the sea. And she had to face that sea, that difficult pathway, recently. And the family of Bar, there are going to be days when it will seem like you are descending in what is called valley, the shadow of death, or of gloom, or of sorrow, or of loneliness in the way of the sea. With enemies, spiritual ones, that bring doubts to your souls, that bring sin to your life, afflictions, many are the afflictions of the righteous, storms in this world and church, and uncertainty about each step of the way, what will happen? Has God forgotten? But through it all, we remember historically that which God did in the way of the sea. Remember that God leads His people in the way of the sea. Verse 20, Thou leadest Thy people like a flock. God leads us in the way of the sea. He does not leave us to walk by ourselves, but He leads us. That's the point. Just as Moses and Aaron led the people, He leads us as a good shepherd leads us in the way, the difficult way of the sea. Sometimes if you search the Scriptures, the Red Sea is used as a picture of conversion or even regeneration for the first time. But here in Psalm 77, it should be clear that Asaph is using the Red Sea as an event that pictures God's providential dealings with His people, especially in the difficult way of trouble. This is the orderly way, the step-by-step pathway which God lays out for us sometimes in our life. But He will govern it for our good and ultimately for our salvation. That's the point. We see that in the time of Israel when they came out of Egypt, stirred by the stormy sea and the dangers behind them, and the uncertainty of the steps in the future. Israel doubted God. Israel wondered about God's goodness to them, His grace toward them. But the very point of the Red Sea is to show us the great saving work of God, in helping His people and delivering His people, so that when the Israelites were on the other side of the Red Sea, and they looked back at what God had done, they praised Him, and they wouldn't have it any other way. They saw as the pillar of cloud lifted so that the Egyptians could pursue them, but they were already on the other side. They saw as God made the chariots. Maybe they couldn't see with their physical eyes, but God revealed it to them that the chariot wheels fell off and the Egyptians were stuck in the middle of the sea. And then they saw as Moses raised his rod again and brought the waters crashing down upon the Egyptians, drowning that mighty army and delivering them once and for all from their cruel lords. In this way, God brought judgment In this way, God saved His people. In this way, God displayed His power. In this way, God strengthened the faith of the Israelites. And in this way, God's name was glorified. And that for you too. His people. Barb Vink looks, as it were, after she has crossed. And she knows that pathway in the sea was good for her and for her salvation. She's sure of that now, even though she wasn't so sure sometimes as she walked in the middle of that sea. And the same is true for all those who have God And Jesus Christ is their shepherd. Asaph confesses, and we with him, Thou leadest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. That God led the people of Israel and He leads us means not only that He sovereignly governs it all. Every step in this pathway in the middle of the sea But that God leads us means that He is present with us. That's the point of a shepherd leading a flock. He doesn't simply tell the sheep where to go and then leaves them, but He sticks with His sheep. He walks with them through the valley of the shadow of death. That's why Psalm 23 verse 4 says, I will not fear, for thou art with me as that good shepherd. Moses and Aaron referred to in Psalm 77 pictures Jesus Christ, the greater prophet and greater priest. Just as Moses and Aaron stuck with the Israelites. So God says, Christ says, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee in the middle of the sea, even when you feel forsaken. I am there. I lead you. But most importantly, About this Christ, the Good Shepherd, who leads us, His people, through the middle of the sea is this. That before He leads us through the middle of the sea, and before He led Barb through the middle of the sea, He went into the depths of the sea. Never forget that. Two thousand years ago, God the Son led the way. God the Son condescended to us here below. And His way of the cross was the way of the sea. And when He descended into the sea, it was not parted. It was not safe. as a way of judgment and punishment that we deserve and Barb deserved for our sins. And His way of the sea was infinitely more difficult than our way ever will be. Your way is not His way. And the sea you endure is not the same sea He endured. It goes down to the depths He was led, remember? And so here, the psalmist, but before you hear your voice crying sometimes, as though you are forsaken, and God hath forgotten to be gracious, hear Jesus. when the Lord God forsook Him in our place? Will the Lord cast off forever? Will He be favorable no more? Is His mercy clean gone forever? Doth His promise fail forevermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath He in anger or wrath shut up His tender mercies? My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" He took that. You know why? Because we, like the Egyptians, deserve to be drowned in that sea for our sin. But He took all of it in our place so that since He was forsaken, we might never be forsaken. And even when we feel as though we have been, He was forsaken, remember, that we might never be forsaken. So that in the way of the sea, we know that God is not against us, but is for us. And God is with us, and He's leading us all the way through upon dry ground for our salvation and for His glory. Do you believe in that Jesus Christ today? I call you to that. To put your trust in Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd of the sheep, who first gave His life for us in the midst of the sea, in the depths of it, that He might make for us a pathway on which we might tread all the way to glory. For those who repent and believe in this Jesus Christ, you may be sure of salvation. For those who don't, then the way of the sea is like the way for the Egyptians. For those who turn to Christ, they confess with the believer who remembers the saving work of God in history. Thy way is in the sea. Thy footsteps are unknown. that thou leadest thy people by the hand of Jesus Christ all the way through. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward lead me to glory, and soon the new heavens and the new earth, when there will be no more sea. We now sing the versification of this psalm in Psalter number 211. We sing this number because it was Barb's favorite number back when Ethan, her son, was in first grade. Sue, Barb's sister, was Ethan's teacher. Barb would come to Sue's classroom every morning and play for the children to sing God's Word. And the kids would always pick Psalm number 211. Because of that, that quickly became her favorite. And the words of this psalm have hung in her home. for years and now is her funeral text. We remain seated as we sing all the stanzas of 2.11. My God, He sees. My house, my tribe, my meeting place. ♪ The sturdy mountains for its foy ♪ ♪ And o'er the earth the tempest foy ♪ ♪ Denying its passion, but understand ♪ We now rise and sing a final number, after which we will sit back down, but we rise now to sing it as well with my soul. with my soul. ♪ Praise what's the show ♪ It is well, it is well with my soul. I sing aloud in pride of the home which built him up high. It is well, it is well with my soul, with my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Let us pray Oh God Again, we confess with the psalmist, Thy way is in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are not known, but Thou leadest us, Thy people. As the Good Shepherd, who has already taken the judgment of the raging sea, now leads us through the midst of the sea upon dry ground all the way to the heavenly Canaan. We believe, O God, help our unbelief. Take hearts which cannot believe of our own and work in us both the will and the act of believing also. We praise Thee for the great shepherd of the sheep, We thank Thee that His goodness and mercy doth follow us all the days of our life. And we shall dwell in Thy house forever. May Thy grace, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy mercy, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with us. Amen.