Pliny the Elder, a first century secular naturalist, is often quoted for the principle that you cannot appreciate the magnitude of redemption until you glimpse the depth of the darkness from which it came. He says it this way: “The depth of the darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.” Exact measure? Aspire to reach? Laura Starsoneck’sstory of redemption takes Pliny’s seemingly high bar and explodes the ceiling off it.

When a lie snowballed out of control, Laura found herselfsurrounded by people intent on compassionately walking with her through restoration. While her book, Single-Handedly Blessed, hints at the back story to her journey to life as a single mom, the deeper back story makes the redemption shine blindingly bright for all who think they have gone too far to be blessed by God.

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