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Surrender: When the Search for Healing Became a Journey of Faith
SURRENDER
A True Story of Chronic Illness, Faith, and Learning to Trust God Through Unanswered Questions
In 2006, a prescription antibiotic changed the course of John Stone's life.
What began as a routine medical decision soon became a twenty-year journey through chronic illness, uncertainty, fear, and countless unanswered questions. As one symptom followed another, John found himself searching desperately for answers, healing, and hope.
But this is about more than a health crisis.
It is about what happens when life doesn't unfold the way we planned.
It is about learning to move forward when the future feels uncertain. It is about finding hope in the middle of suffering, peace in the middle of fear, and faith in the middle of unanswered questions.
Through years of medical challenges, family struggles, financial pressures, anxiety, loss, and disappointment, John discovered that God's faithfulness is not dependent upon circumstances. Even when answers never come, God remains present. Even when the road ahead is unclear, He remains worthy of our trust.
Surrender is a deeply personal memoir that will resonate with anyone facing a difficult season of life. Whether you are struggling with illness, financial hardship, relationship challenges, grief, anxiety, or simply wondering what God is doing in the middle of your circumstances, this story offers encouragement, hope, and a reminder that you are not alone.
Because sometimes God doesn't immediately change our circumstances.
Sometimes, He changes us through them.
And sometimes the greatest miracle is not finding all the answers.
Sometimes it is learning to trust Him without them.
A True Story of Chronic Illness, Faith, and Learning to Trust God Through Unanswered Questions
In 2006, a prescription antibiotic changed the course of John Stone's life.
What began as a routine medical decision soon became a twenty-year journey through chronic illness, uncertainty, fear, and countless unanswered questions. As one symptom followed another, John found himself searching desperately for answers, healing, and hope.
But this is about more than a health crisis.
It is about what happens when life doesn't unfold the way we planned.
It is about learning to move forward when the future feels uncertain. It is about finding hope in the middle of suffering, peace in the middle of fear, and faith in the middle of unanswered questions.
Through years of medical challenges, family struggles, financial pressures, anxiety, loss, and disappointment, John discovered that God's faithfulness is not dependent upon circumstances. Even when answers never come, God remains present. Even when the road ahead is unclear, He remains worthy of our trust.
Surrender is a deeply personal memoir that will resonate with anyone facing a difficult season of life. Whether you are struggling with illness, financial hardship, relationship challenges, grief, anxiety, or simply wondering what God is doing in the middle of your circumstances, this story offers encouragement, hope, and a reminder that you are not alone.
Because sometimes God doesn't immediately change our circumstances.
Sometimes, He changes us through them.
And sometimes the greatest miracle is not finding all the answers.
Sometimes it is learning to trust Him without them.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2026
About the author
John Stone
131 books7 followersLibrarian Note: There are more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
John Stone is a dark fantasy writer and author of The Eye of the Dragon.
He is also a huge fantasy nerd and RPG gamer.
He enjoys reading books that are medieval fantasy based. It thrills and delights him when they are dark themed and quite gory too.
Despite John’s dyslexia, this has not stopped him from writing his stories and with a little help from proof-readers and editors, he remains confident that his story will be enjoyed by all.
John Stone is a dark fantasy writer and author of The Eye of the Dragon.
He is also a huge fantasy nerd and RPG gamer.
He enjoys reading books that are medieval fantasy based. It thrills and delights him when they are dark themed and quite gory too.
Despite John’s dyslexia, this has not stopped him from writing his stories and with a little help from proof-readers and editors, he remains confident that his story will be enjoyed by all.
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August 16, 2026
A Search, Finding Raw Truth.
The rubber really 'meets the road' as our writer struggles with calamatous medical misadventure and is forced to face the real questions of life. No 'there there' or platitudes or put-offs can quench this man's search for truth above all. He wants bottom lines and to live the best life he can.
An easy read and a lasting inspiration!!
The rubber really 'meets the road' as our writer struggles with calamatous medical misadventure and is forced to face the real questions of life. No 'there there' or platitudes or put-offs can quench this man's search for truth above all. He wants bottom lines and to live the best life he can.
An easy read and a lasting inspiration!!
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