I recently read Doris Goodwin’s bestseller “Team of Rivals.” The book is about Abraham Lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his cabinet from 1861 to 1865. She spent ten years researching and writing this book.
In the book, she refers to a letter that Lincoln wrote to his friend and law partner John Stuart. The date of the letter was January 23, 1841.
Lincoln wrote, “I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell. I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better.” (Page 99)
Isn’t that amazing? The great Abraham Lincoln struggled with depression. He experienced deep sorrow and great loss all through his life.
Perhaps someone reading this today is experiencing a dark time in life. I just want to encourage you to not give up hope. With the help of God, things can change. Things can turn around. Hold the hand of God, especially in the dark times of life.
David prayed in the 23rd Psalm, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” (Psalm 23:4)
In times of darkness, he understood that God was right there with him. God’s presence can make all the difference in the world.
Today, hold on to hope. Hold on to God. Don’t give up. Things can turn around!
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