Living a Positive Life in a Negative World: My Uphill Journey (April 2023) is the second book from author Linda S. Plunkett, PhD. Published by Gatekeepers Press, its intent is to both provide a message of hope and inspiration as well as tools to help people. The book is available through Amazon, BarnesAndNoble.com, Bookshop.org, and other online booksellers.
"Living a Positive Life" is Linda's comeback story, after her first book (see below) - the physical pain, the emotional pain, and spiritual issues with God. The first section is for people going through physical issues with their body or their brain. The second section describes issues that Linda had with mind, will, and emotions. It contains actual, hands-on things that people can do and even includes a chapter on grief. The third and final section of the book is spiritual and includes the main issues Linda had with God but offers hope in addressing concerns such as self-forgiveness (letting go of things of the past), feeling that God didn't answer your prayers, or, that He left you or abandoned you. In addition, admitting that "It's embarrassing for me to write," Linda addresses having felt that, "God used to love me."
Supernatural Rescue: From Broken to Beautiful was published in 2016 (by Deep River Books).
When Linda Plunkett, once the epitome of mental, physical, and spiritual health, learned she had a brain tumor, little did she know her trials were just beginning. Linda enjoyed an active life, serving God through her church, foreign mission trips, and her busy counseling practice. She played golf, spent time with her close circle of friends, and looked forward to going on a cruise with her husband for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. A diagnosis changed all that: a large tumor, growing in her brain's frontal lobe. At first, she did battle on the medical front; difficult but manageable, as she and her husband prepared for surgery. But it soon became a spiritual battle, rocking her relationship with the God she'd loved since childhood. Throughout Linda's slow, difficult recovery, God faithfully provided signs she would be healed, despite setbacks. He showed himself strong and present, through a near-death experience and a supernatural rescue. Linda's story gives hope to others experiencing physical and spiritual pain, as she declares that God does indeed have a good plan for their lives.
"I am endlessly thankful that God allowed me to experience such extreme pain and debilitation so he could take me to this present place of thankfulness…" -Linda Plunkett
Supernatural Rescue is available through Amazon, BarnesAndNoble.com, Goodreads, and more. (You can also get in touch to get the book directly from Linda -- and have her sign it personally for you!)
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