Chronic Illness and Disabilities: God’s Peace in the Midst of Pain (Keys for Living Library)

She is 17 years old and set to take on the world.

She has everything in her favor: She’s outgoing and athletic with a boyfriend by her side. She’s a tennis player and a swimmer... her physical agility and prowess tag this teen as a true athlete. But that will all change one hot July afternoon when she swims about in cool waters... for the last time.

A self-described risk-taker, Joni positions herself for a refreshing dive... she jumps... and in an instant her body is rocked from head to toe. She had anticipated slicing and gliding through the water like so many times before, but now it’s like she’s collided with a brick wall at the bottom of the bay.

Joni finds herself flooded with fear and confusion... now realizing the waters surrounding her were dangerously shallow for her routine dive. Her mind races... how could she have miscalculated... why is she motionless... and still underwater?

As Lamentations 3:54 says ...

“The waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.”