For the Love of God
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From childhood, John Wagner struggled with dyslexia, ADHD and severe environmental allergies. His young adulthood was marked by the additions of multiple food allergies, ulcerative colitis, and Lyme Disease. Naturally, these physical handicaps led to intense feelings of inadequacy.
John had always known Jesus. He was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church as an infant, attended Sunday Mass with his family every week, and vividly recalls a moment as a young boy when, in his mind's eye, he saw Jesus lovingly holding him in His lap. The dichotomy of John's faith and his many illnesses caused him to question God many times throughout his life, and sometimes even be extremely angry at Him.
Yet nothing could ever take away John's love for his Father... or could it?
In midlife, as John continued to deal with the challenges of his youth, in addition to an ever-changing array of new symptoms, he begins to wonder if a solution will ever be found... if healing is nothing more than a pipe dream.
For the Love of God is the story of a man who is pushed to the outermost limits of his refusal to give up on his Lord despite lifelong suffering. It is the chronicle of seeking the manifested evidence of faith when living for the love of God.
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Preface....................................................................ix
Chapter 1: Sowing the Seeds.................................1
Chapter 2: ABCs and 123s..................................11
Chapter 3: A Turning Point................................17
Chapter 4: Drifting.............................................25
Chapter 5: Rollercoaster.....................................33
Chapter 6: God's Timing....................................43
Chapter 7: For Better or for Worse.....................55
Chapter 8: And Baby Makes Three...................63
Chapter 9: The Breaking Point...........................73
Chapter 10: Swimming Upstream......................81
Chapter 11: Contagious Pessimism...................89
Chapter 12: An Unexpected Gift.........................95
Chapter 13: Defeat in Victory...........................105
Chapter 14: Walking on Water.........................113
Chapter 15: Ambrotose.....................................121
Chapter 16: Western Let Down........................129
Chapter 17: Embedded and Undetectable........135
Chapter 18: The Disease That Never Was........143
Chapter 19: Into the Storm...............................151
Chapter 20: Desires of the Heart.....................161
Chapter 21: Dangers of the Heart.....................167
Chapter 22: God's Love Provides.....................177
Chapter 23: Strangers in a Strange Land.........187
Chapter 24: A Change of Season......................197
Chapter 25: Energy Healing............................207
Chapter 26: Skeptical and Cautious.................217
Chapter 27: Remedies......................................227
Author's Note.......................................................237
