Discovery of the work
I discovered it over a decade ago through my best friend, who introduced it to me.
Impact on love for the Gospel
By Jesus having taken recourse to visions of His Gospel and explaining it, it was brought to life, made clearer, and the lives and personalities of Jesus, His Mother, Joseph, the apostles, His most faithful disciples, and others were made much more known. As I re-read the Work, these factors continually contribute to the nourishment and increase of my faith and love for the Gospel and Jesus.
Concrete impact on faith life
God, through this Work, as well as His other Authored Works through Maria Valtorta, has helped me to understand a wealth of topics, e.g., the Holy Trinity, angels, Grace, love, prayer, sacrifice, the holy Sacraments, and so on. There's not enough space to share in all the ways these Works have touched my life, but to give a few examples, I've shared this helpful knowledge with as many people as I can, my prayer life has deepened, I've seen an increase in transformation from a human to a more divine way of thinking and acting, I am more conscious of preparing my soul to receive the Eucharist, and my love for the Holy Trinity and the Blessed Mother has grown and continues to grow.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
I highly recommend reading A Summa and Encyclopedia to Maria Valtorta’s Extraordinary Work (https://www.valtorta.com.au/TheDefence), especially the chapters providing proof in support of her writings having a supernatural origin.
Additional testimony
In addition to The Poem of the Man-God (or The Gospel as Revealed to Me), Maria Valtorta's other God-Authored Works, such as The Notebooks: 1943, The Notebooks: 1944, The Notebooks 1945-1950, The Book for Azariah, and Lessons on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, as well as her autobiography, have been life-changing for the better as well.