"How personal and national suffering drew Lincoln into the reality of God, rather than pushing him away."

In her blog, Webutante brings us a devotional by John Piper telling us about Abraham Lincoln's path to God.

Abraham Lincoln, who was born on this day in 1809, remained skeptical, and at times even cynical, about religion into his forties. So, it is a most striking thing how personal and national suffering drew Lincoln into the reality of God, rather than pushing him away.

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