Lincoln's Depression
Story★★★★God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform: He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the st.orm. In a letter to his law partner, Abraham Lincoln, who suffered from depression all his life, 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 earth. Whether I shall ever be any better, I cannot tell. I awfully forebode that I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better it seems to me.
The point
Abraham Lincoln's letters reveal his profound struggle with depression, yet God moves mysteriously through all circumstances to accomplish His purpose.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Serious · Dark · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 103 words