out of my spiritual slumber, my God is worth trusting

I was planning to review the book, Why, O God?: Suffering and Disability in the Bible and Church, but I think it might be better to just let you judge for yourself based on quotes. I'll be sharing some throughout the coming weeks. 
 

"When my accident happened, maybe the Devil's motive was to shipwreck the faith of that young, seventeen-year-old girl. Maybe he wanted to use her to make a mockery out of God's goodness. Maybe he hoped to defame God's sweet character. But remember, God is in the business of aborting devilish schemes. And God's motive in my accident was to abort that devilish scheme and turn a headstrong, stubborn, rebellious teenagers into a woman who can reflect something of his patience, something of his perseverance, something of his endurance, something of his character. And after forty years in a wheelchair, I can say that my own suffering has lifted me out of my spiritual slumber. It has got me seriously thinking about the lordship of Christ in my life. It has helped convince this skeptical, cynical world that my God is worth trusting. It has shown me that we can be loyal to him despite our afflictions and infirmities, that disability ministry should have priority in the church, and that heaven is real.

~Joni Eareckson Tada in her chapter of Why, O God?: Suffering and Disability in the Bible and Church, p. 20