SUFFERING can teach us what we can't learn in any other way.

LINCOLN'S TESTIMONY- Abraham Lincoln was a backwoods man who rose from humble beginnings to the heights of political power. During the dark days of the U.S. Civil War, he served as a compassionate and resolute president. Depression and mental pain were his frequent companions. Yet the terrible emotional suffering he endured drove him to receive Jesus Christ by faith.

Lincoln told a crowd of his hometown in Illinois: "When I left Springfield, I asked the people to pray for me; I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ. I do love Jesus."

Life's most painful tragedies can bring us to a deeper understanding of the Savior.

When 2 men walked the road to Emmaus, they were dumbfounded by the senseless murder of Jesus of Nasareth. Then a stranger joined them & gave scriptural insight about the SUFFERING MESSIAH (Luke 24;26-27). The stranger was Jesus Christ himself, and his ministry to them brought COMFORT.

Heartache has a way of pointing us to the Lord Jesus, who has shared in our sufferings and can bring meaning to seemingly senseless pain. - dennis fisher-

Through tragedy, heartache, & sorrow abound

And many a hardship in life will be found,

Just put all your trust in the Savior of light,

He can bring you HOPE in the darkest of night. -d.deHaan-