When Marina Lorenzo became ill of cancer, she felt the need to transfer her experience to the role and show “the presence of God in the midst of the adverse.” Of that diary, in which “naked his soul”, he was born God in all thingsa book that “proposes to recognize the Lord, his love, his care and mercy in each event and circumstance of life.”
“God is not only in some seasons of our life, he is always with us.” This is stated to ACI Marina, the author of this book conceived as a testimony of faith and a “spiritual itinerary” that presents a total of 50 writings written within the framework of four years, from 2016 to 2019. In addition, each of the The texts concludes with a particular prayer.
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“Even if there is a storm, Jesus is in the boat”
From the Dominican Republic, the Catholic radio and communicator announcer – the podcast For you earlyfocused on the importance of prayer – recalls that, at the beginning of its health process, “just after the first chemotherapy session I received, I felt moved to write.”
“I had always liked it, I had done it before, however, that time it was particular.” Although he initially thought it was a way to drain what emotionally lived, “I soon realized that God was in the matter,” says the young woman.
Each book story, which can be acquired in Amazon“Tells a particular experience and portrays my relationship with God, how I observed the signs of his presence and meditated in his messages, as well as his answers and the realities of people with whom I agreed,” he said.
Amid the disease and uncertainty, Lorenzo was aware that, “although there is a storm, Jesus is in the boat.” Throughout the book it shows how God’s will acted “in the midst of my fragility.” It is a spiritual path that aims to invite the reader to seek God in his own life, “to intimidate more with him and to remain in him.”
For the Spanish Bishop Worlds. Víctor Masallesthe text is “a beautiful experience of the path of God with the soul, delicately written, and a spiritual radiography that can bring every soul that shipwrecked around the world to help you find the safe port only in it.”
“We need God to find peace in the disease”
Cancer patients, the author of the book encourages them to seek a greater good, “to ask God for the grace of staying more than pain in the midst of their illness. That aspire to be healed beyond the body, to ask to be renewed in their mind and in their spirit. ”
“God helps us to face the disease in peace, I firmly believe that we need God for that; Without him I could not have cope with the challenges that have touched me throughout my life. I was not oblivious to pain, however, the love of God always reached me and I could understand that I was not alone and receive from him what was necessary to continue, ”says Lorenzo.
Marina says that her illness “was an opportunity to meet God in a new way” and to “experience the redeemer that suffering can be.” “Through the disease God showed me that it is not about me and my things, but about his will, which is a path of sanctification.”