Product Description
Sometimes the best worship comes from a broken heart.
When Sonya diagnosed her youngest daughter with autism spectrum disorder, she found two kinds of books available: personal stories and practical therapies. Both were helpful, but she found nothing that addressed the spiritual abyss parents can fall into when the diagnosis sinks in.
As it happened, the Lord engineered circumstances so that she was reading through the entire Bible during that first year of the diagnosis. As He began to bring comfort to her aching heart and peace to her grieving spirit, she started to write down what He was showing her.
This faith journal shares the
- Heartfelt prayers
- Gentle, loving Biblical truths
- Everyday spiritual insights
- Anguishing emotional struggles
- Blessed strength from Scripture
that all played a part in her spiritual journey that first year, a journey that was both anguishing and blessed.




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