It is well with my soul

Yesterday my friend Marcia gave me the Little Things Studio's 2023 Hymn Calendar. As I sat in the living room love seat this morning the idea that I'd incorporate it into my small often unused upstairs study (since why sit there when I can sink into a couch by the fireplace for reading and journaling?!) was dismissed as I recognized the blank space to the left of the piano corner bookcase (which also stores our hymnals) was perfect in its verticalness, its proximity to the music corner, and after all, there was still a tiny nail there that had hung something long gone. But to accent it I wanted some sort of frame. Went to the studio and found an old piece of paper canvas, now slightly off white. Measured two different ways, I decided on one and hiked upstairs to find the paper cutter and make a slice. Then the idea for using markers to make a small colored frame on the canvas. Now I was ready to hang it. As I moved the large heavy torchiere lamp, the lower section must have caught a branch of the eucalyptus in the vase on top of the piano that held eucalyptus, rosemary, and fake red berries. Before I could prevent it, I watched from the corner of my eye as the vase and its contents spilled down over the piano and on to the floor, breaking the vase. I forget who gave me that vase in the first place, but it has been a favorite. 

So I thought it ironic, providential, lovely, that the hymn posted for January 2023 that now stared me in the face was When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well with my soul."  I finished the wall hanging, swept up the dried rosemary mess, and glued the vase back together with my E6000. It is well with my soul. Thanks, Marcia!