A Journey of Grief (Job 16)

FBC CTX Growing in Grace Podcast · Sep 10, 2025 · 30m

The true story of Horatio Spafford and his family has always stirred my heart. He was a devoted Christian and a hard-working attorney in Chicago back in the mid-1800s.

The Spafford family unfortunately knew what it was like to grieve. Tragically, Mr. Spafford’s son, Horatio, Jr. developed scarlet fever and died in 1870 at only four years of age. The next year, a fire swept through the city, burning all of his investment properties. Two years later his wife Anna’s health began to fail, so they planned to go to England for some rest and recuperation as a family. One of his client’s had an…