ARE YOU LINCOLN?

"Anger is energizing. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward." - Gloria Steinem

Many years ago a young Midwestern lawyer suffered from such deep depression that his friends thought it best to keep all knives and razors out of his reach. He questioned his life's calling and the prudence of even attempting to follow it through. During this time he wrote, "I am now the most miserable man living. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell. I awfully forebode I shall not." But somehow, from somewhere, Abraham Lincoln received the encouragement he needed, and the achievements of his life thoroughly vindicated his bout with discouragement.

Could it be that you have turned your anger inward, and hence have become discouraged, depressed and downcast as a result of unmet targets, expectations or desires because of a mistake you think you made? Maybe you let a job opportunity or contract
go because you wanted to please the Lord, but now your heart has become sick as a result of many postponed expectations in your life?

All hope is not lost. No matter how bad the situations of life might seem to be now there’s ALWAYS a silver lining behind every dark cloud. To the Children of Israel 430 years seemed like eternity; to Abraham Lincoln he felt he was the most miserable being alive. But somehow Lincoln and The Israelites found strength to wait. Israel or Abraham Lincoln doesn’t need introductions today. Your glory will be seen after this painful story. Praise God in advance.

Let us pray: Father, I receive grace to wait, in Jesus name.

WISDOM NUGGET: Joel 2:3
"...the vision awaits its appointed time…If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay." - ESV