Annie Johnson Flint was crippled by severe arthritis just a few years after high school She never walked again and relied on others to help care for her needs Because of her poetry and hymns she received many visitors including a deaconess who felt discouraged about her own ministry When the visitor returned home she wrote to Annie wondering why God allowed such hard things in her life nbsp In response Annie sent a poem ldquo God hath not promised skies always blue flower-strewn pathways all our lives through rdquo She knew from experience that suffering often occurred but that [... more]