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Walking Through Fire

By: Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Ann Voskamp - foreword
Narrated by: Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Cristen Paige
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Summary

The astonishing Job-like story of how an existence filled with loss, suffering, questioning, and anger became a life filled with shocking and incomprehensible peace and joy.

Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for 10 years and, after each stay, would return to a life filled with bullying. When she became a Christian, though, she thought things would get easier, and they did: carefree college days, a dream job in Boston, and an MBA from Stanford where she met and married a classmate.

But life unraveled. Again. She had four miscarriages. Her son died because of a doctor's mistake. And Vaneetha was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, meaning she would likely become a quadriplegic. And then her husband betrayed her and moved out, leaving her to raise two adolescent daughters alone. This was not the abundant life she thought God had promised her. But, as Vaneetha discovered, everything she experienced was designed to draw her closer to Christ as she discovered "that intimacy with God in suffering can be breathtakingly beautiful."
©2020 Vaneetha Rendall Risner and Joni Eareckson Tada (P)2020 Thomas Nelson
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A good listen

I thoroughly enjoyed this captivating story. It is beautifully written. How Vaneetha experiences many many trials in life, how she leans onto God through it all. She explains so well how God uses these things for our good and that he is a good father and we are “held” by Him

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