love and justice: a story of a man whose great suffering gave way to beautiful redemption

Love & Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts by Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons.

Maya a basketball star.  Jonathan in prison for a crime he didn't commit.  Maya fights for Jonathan.  Jonathan endured and impressively learned how to fight the injustice in court.  Thank God he was freed.  

I struggled to read this one because so much of it was like reading stories of terrible imprisonments during the time of the Soviet Union. So much deep injustice and cruelty.  

It's hard to imagine the deep poverty that Jonathan endured as a child. The suffering he endured in prison for decades is something that was so awful, dehumanizing, and so full of darkness, a denial of the dignity and worth of every human being.  

But even though I was given the words to describe this, my words are deeply inadequate because they cannot show the sense of how this inexplicable suffering reduces one to silence. Especially when one has not endured anything like that.  

You can't read something like this without seeing first hand the inequality that persists in the States in both poverty and race. This book was in no way slanted.  It's so easy to misunderstand simple truths because of how political some issues have become.  

It is inspiring to see that deep suffering and injustice, with faith in Christ, can make a human being so beautiful in the midst of such awful, terrible circumstances.

Their love and commitment is beautiful, as is their faith in Christ. I loved the picture at the end of the book. They are such a beautiful family. I pray that they never lose their faith, it's a powerful and healing source of love.