 after her dreams for her life were not being realized. She had a strong desire to serve the Lord in Africa, but that desire was never blessed by the Lord. The Lord's plan for her life was to teach girls in America at a missionary school. Specifically, this hymn was written after a failed attempt in her elderly years to raise funds for a missions trip to Africa. She wrote the song as a surrender of her lifelong dream to be a missionary in Africa to the Lord.