Spiritual Evolution: How My Crisis of Faith Led Me Back to Christ

In Shayla Porter's time of greatest need . . .
She received a baffling answer to her prayers for guidance . . .
Sending her on an unorthodox journey of spiritual discovery.

A lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and mother to four young children, Shayla prayed to understand Heavenly Father's plan for her. Why had He prompted her to enter a second ill-fated marriage and sent her family into turmoil?

As she blamed God for her predicament, the Spirit prompted her to leave her religion and enter the unfamiliar secular world. There, she closely examined her beliefs—from the Church's code of health to God's very existence.

Surprisingly, Shayla found freedom, professional success, and happiness in a life she once thought sinful. She knew God intended for her to learn and grow away from the Church and assumed He would eventually prompt her return to His gospel.

But that prompting never came.

What more did He want Shayla to learn?

Determined to find the answer, Shayla left her spiritual desert and sought her bishop's guidance on how to start the repentance process. But when she learned that the requirements could publicly humiliate her, she balked. Shouldn't her repentance be between her and God?

Still mired in doubt and cynicism, Shayla struggled to comply until she discovered what had been missing all along—an evolved relationship with Jesus Christ.

Told in Spiritual Evolution, Shayla's fascinating transformation through Christ's Atonement will ignite the fire of your faith—because we all need a more intimate relationship with the Savior.