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Wrestling with hope, struggling to find good in the world, seeking comfort in hard times.

Jesus' timeless wisdom holds answers we all need in tumultuous times.

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A Baptist minister named John Harper was on board the Titanic when it sank in the Atlantic

Ocean in April 1912. He had a seat on a lifeboat alongside his sister and six-year-old daughter,

but gave it up so he could stay on the sinking ship to preach to its doomed passengers. He even

gave his life jacket to another passenger who miraculously

survived the disaster. Reverend Harper continued sharing the gospel on the ship as it sank,

and then with those in the freezing water before he died. His daughter, Annie Jesse, went on

to become the longest living Scottish Titanic survivor.

Before the Titanic set sail,

Pastor Harper wrote a letter to another clergyman, dated April 11, 1912.

He thanked his fellow minister for his kindness when they had been together recently,

and closed his note,

The Warriors are with me here, and are doing well so far in the journey.

With kindest love, your loving old pastor, John Harper. The letter recently sold at auction for more than $55,000. Its author's sacrificial service after he wrote it was beyond price.

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