Brother Lloyd O. Sanderson was converted to Christ in 1922, and at first, he thought that giving his life to Christ was going to cause him great trouble, grief and sacrifice. Later Sanderson reflected, “I decided [after becoming a Christian] that I had been wonderfully blessed. With this feeling, I wrote [the song] ‘The Lord Has Been Mindful of Me.'” 
Sanderson recognized that no matter the journey of life (i.e., “valley of shadow … troubled sea… darkness [he] travelled”), “The Lord has been mindful of me!” He calculated that no amount of trouble (i.e., “Much more than my grief…my sorrow…adversity…all I have given”), “The Lord has been mindful of me!” He realized from all that he had (i.e., “I’m rich…saved… happy! I’ve health…prosperity…friends…door ever open”), “The Lord has been mindful of me!”
Make your own list! Make a list of troublesome times in your life…make a list of all the blessings in your life. Then, at the end, conclude with joy that through all the bad times and all the good times of life, “The Lord has been mindful of me [exclamation point]!” — DS