Luther wrote, "At one time I was sorely vexed and tried by my own sinfulness, by the wicked-ness of the world, and by the dangers which beset the Church. One morning I saw my wife dressing in mourning. Surprised, I asked her who has died. She replied, ' Do you not know ? God in heaven is dead ! 'I said to her, ' How can you talk such nonsense, Katie ?How can God die ?He is immortal, and will live through all eternity!' ' Is that really true?' she asked. ' Of course, ' I said-still not perceiving what she was aiming at;'how can you doubt it ?As sure as there is a God in heaven, so sure is it that He can never die.''And yet,' she said though you do not doubt that, you are still so hopeless and discouraged!' Then I observed what a wise woman my wife was, and mastered my sadness."