ANOTHER INCREDIBLE GIANT

“I can do the very best I know how — the very best I can; and I mean to
keep doing so.” — President Abraham Lincoln

This giant of a man and a life of great difficulty and sorrow:

1831 — Failed in business

1832 — Defeated for legislature

1833 — Again failed in business

1834 — Elected to legislature
1835– Sweetheart died

1836– Had a nervous breakdown

1838– Defeated for Speaker

1840– Defeated for elector

1843– Defeated for Congress

1846– Elected to Congress

1848– Defeated for Congress

1855– Defeated for Senate

1856– Defeated for Vice-President

1858– Defeated for Senate

1860– ELECTED PRESIDENT

” . . . A crisis does not make character; a crisis REVEALS character. A
man’s character is what he habitually is.” — Oswald Chambers

Good words to consider on this day to honor President Abraham Lincoln’s
birthday.