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The Power of Stillness – In our summer look at psalms, today we are considering Psalm 46. Rev. Carol Cavin-Dillon begins with a look at the hymn, “It Is Well with My Soul,” an arrangement of which was sung early in the service by Rebecca and Kyle Collier, and which Carol’s extended family sang three times during their annual reunion and camp meeting last week. The hymn’s author, Horatio Spafford, wrote it in 1873 after unimaginable losses of his son to scarlet fever, and then losses of his wife and four daughters in a shipwreck. The hymn and situation for its writing is very much demonstrative of Psalm 46 where the psalmist expresses that God is a very present help in trouble. The psalm describes both natural disasters and human issues such as wars, and in the midst of such troubles it encourages us that God is ever present and is our refuge. The psalm cautions us to be still and know God’s power and presence. Carol gives us some examples, both Biblical and in our lives, of how crucial and important sti