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diving accident at Maryland Beach in 1967 broke Joni Eareckson’s neck, and the young athletic girl became a quadriplegic. In the hospital, a frightened, paralyzed 17-year old, she wondered if God had abandoned her and wondered why he allows suffering if he loves us.

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