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(cid:1) Books by Joni Eareckson Tada All God’s Children: Ministry with Disabled Persons(with Gene Newman) Barrier-Free Friendships: Bridging the Distance between You and Friends with Disabilities(with Steve Jensen) Diamonds in the Dust: 366 Sparkling Devotions Heaven: Your Real Home Heaven: Devotional Edition Joni The Life and Death Dilemma: Suicide, Euthanasia, Suffering, Mercy More Precious Than Silver: 366 Daily Devotional Readings A Step Further(with Steven Estes) When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty (with Steven Estes) The GOD I LOVE JONI EARECKSON TADA A L I F E T I M E O F W A L K I N G W I T H J E S U S The God I Love Adobe®Acrobat®eBook Reader®format Copyright © 2003 by Joni Eareckson Tada This title is also available as a Zondervan audio product. Visit www.zondervan.com/audiopages for more information. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 ISBN 0-310-25542-2 All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New Inter- national Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Published in association with the literary agency of Wolgemuth & Associates, Inc. Interior design by Susan Ambs Contents Part One | 9 One.........................................11 Two........................................25 Three......................................36 Four.......................................49 Five.........................................64 Six...........................................76 Seven......................................80 Part Two | 93 Eight......................................95 Nine......................................107 Ten.......................................113 Eleven..................................124 Twelve..................................137 Thirteen.............................147 Part Three | 159 Fourteen .............................161 Fifteen.................................174 Sixteen.................................186 Seventeen............................200 Part 1 Eighteen..............................212 Nineteen..............................227 Part Four | 241 Twenty.................................243 Twenty-One........................256 Twenty-Two........................269 Twenty-Three.....................279 Twenty-Four.......................292 Twenty-Five........................303 Twenty-Six..........................307 Twenty-Seven......................321 Twenty-Eight.....................331 Twenty-Nine.......................346 Joni and Friends...........................359 About the Publisher.......................367 The GOD I LOVE For Tyler Eareckson Kinnamon, my fourth cousin with whom I share a birthday ... And to Ken Tyler, Cody, and Jesse, my great-nephews with whom I share Ocean City memories ... The Eareckson line may be ended, but the adventure goes on. Keep the story alive, boys! The GOD I LOVE 4))))))))))))$ Part One