Joni and Ken
An Untold Love Story
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4.6 • 64 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
God's Immeasurable Grace. It's the most important ingredient for the perfect love story.
Tragic circumstances often stretch relationships to their breaking point. But God's grace is always more than enough. For Ken and Joni Eareckson Tada, enduring quadriplegia, chronic pain, cancer, and depression only made their love more vibrant through thirty years of marriage. Discover a bond that has seen the worst and claimed the best. With sixteen pages of photos, peek into Joni and Ken’s challenges firsthand. Discover God's immeasurable grace along the way, as their story inspires and enriches your own relationships.
A love untold. Until now.
Ken underestimated the challenges of marrying a woman with quadriplegia. Even the honeymoon wasn't easy. Through their years together, Ken becomes increasingly overwhelmed by the unceasing demands of caring for a woman with chronic, extreme, nightmarish pain. He sinks into depression. Though living under the same roof, they drift apart. In the midst of their deepest struggles with depression and pain, Ken and Joni return to the one true answer to their struggles. One that is far from a denial of Joni's diagnosis or thoughts of how wonderful a quick exit to heaven would be. In their darkest hour, Ken and Joni encounter a heavenly visitation that changes their lives--and maybe yours too--forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ken Tada and Joni Eareckson have been married for more than 30 years. This book, written in third person with longtime Eareckson collaborator Larry Libby, tells the story of their relationship. It is a story of commitment and devotion despite hardships and obstacles unimaginable to most married couples. Eareckson was already a quadriplegic with a ministry to the disabled when she met Tada, a high school teacher and coach. As they settle into married life, Tada is relegated to being a peripheral character, not only by Joni's fans but also by her staff and, at times it seems, Joni herself. Despite frustrations, depression, and the physical labor involved in caring for a handicapped spouse, Tada is determinedly committed to his wife. Interestingly, Joni reveals that while they "loved each other," they did not fall "in love" until nearly three decades into their marriage. The longevity of this relationship is a testimony to the couple's faithfulness; they never gave up on each other, or on God.
Customer Reviews
Made4Elyon
This book is beautifully written. Allows you to see that God is able to guide us through our everyday struggles including the emotional pain that comes with it.
Jesus first
This book remind me that when Jesus is first in your life anything is possible thanks Joni and Ken for reminding me that I have a lot to give God thanks for
Nadine
Untold Love Story: Ken and Joni
Thank you so much for sharing the intimate parts of your great love for God and each other. I pray for continued success with all of your endeavors as you continue your encouragement and life of service to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The book is awesome and tender and real! Thank you for your great example to me!