One sunny summer day,

summer day, Louisa and her husband and their four-year-old daughter,

named Lily, packed a picnic lunch and went down to the beach on Long Island, New York, near where they lived,

to enjoy a few hours of playing in the sand and the water.

While they were enjoying their little picnic, the Stead family heard a scream. was from a young boy who was out in the water who was struggling against the wind and the undertow to get back to shore.

Well, Mr. Stead plunged into the water immediately and

swam out to help the boy. He put his arm around the boy and tried to swim

back to shore with him. But Louisa and her little girl watched

helplessly from the shore as the boy kept struggling and flailing and

eventually both the boy and Mr. Stead were pulled down into the

waves and drowned there in the ocean.

This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy DeMasse Walgemuth, author of You Can Trust God

to Write Your Story.

For February 6, 2024, I'm Dana Gresch. You may be familiar with this comforting song.

You may be familiar with this comforting song? Did you know it was written by a woman who'd been through tragedy?

Did you know it was written by a woman who'd been through tragedy?

Let's hear more in our current series, Be Still.

Here's Nancy.

Well, if you've been with us for the last few days here on Revive Our Hearts,

you know that we're giving you a taste of hymns played on the piano.

I grew up playing the piano and loving hymns and it was a great joy to produce a CD of piano hymns and I've been so encouraged

by some of the responses we've been getting from people who've been blessed by this

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