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Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
Joni Eareckson Tada
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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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Real satisfaction comes not in understanding God's motives, but in understanding His character, in trusting in His promises, and in leaning on Him and resting in Him as the Sovereign who knows what He is doing and does all things well.
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Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign over accidents and birth anomalies, or does the devil set the world's agenda? How do I counsel people who are despairing of their condition?
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The Bible isn't quick to give answers it mainly gives the Answer.
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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
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Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.
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Faint hearts are encouraged when they read about others who, despite amputation, spinal cord injury, or psychiatric disorders have a vibrant trust and confidence in God.
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The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.
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You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.
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My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
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Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.
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We dare not think that God is absent or daydreaming. The do nothing God...He's not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking, uninvolved. Count on it, God intrudes in glorious and myriad ways.
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Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight they just don't know where to look.
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Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
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When we hurt, God doesn't always give us lots of words he gives us the Word the Word made flesh who is intimately acquainted with our grief and suffering. That's what helps the most.
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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
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There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.
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My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.
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God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!
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The best we can hope for in this life is a knothole peek at the shining realities ahead. Yet a glimpse is enough. It's enough to convince our hearts that whatever sufferings and sorrow currently assail us aren't worthy of comparison to that which waits over the horizon.
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