When he was seven years old, his family was forced out of their home on a legal technicality, and he had to work to help support them.
At age nine, his mother died. At twenty-two, he lost his job as a store clerk. He wanted to go to law school, but his education wasn’t good enough. At twenty- three, he went into debt to become a partner in a small store. At twenty-six, his business partner died, leaving him a huge debt that took years to repay. At twenty-seven he had a nervous breakdown.
At twenty-eight, after courting a girl for four years, he asked her to marry him. She said no. At thirty-seven, on his third try, he was elected to Congress, but two years later, he failed to be reelected. At forty-one, his four-year-old son died.
At forty-five, he ran for the Senate and lost. At forty-seven, he failed as the vice-presidential candidate. At forty-nine, he ran for the Senate again and lost. At fifty-one, he was elected President of the United States.
His name was Abraham Lincoln, a man many consider the greatest leader our country ever had.
SOME PEOPLE GET ALL THE BREAKS!!
What adversities in YOUR life have made YOU to be the Special Person YOU are today?
IF GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO SOMETHING, DO IT! YOU CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM GOD!!
