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Believers are never told to become one we already are one and are expected to act like it.
Joni Eareckson Tada
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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God’s power always shows up best in weakness. So here I sit … glad that I have not been healed on the outside, but glad that I have been healed on the inside. Healed from my own self-centered wants and wishes.
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I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.
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The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
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The Bible isn't quick to give answers it mainly gives the Answer.
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I have an interesting perspective on depending on others. I think it gives people a chance to serve. And I'm not so much big on independence, as I am on interdependence. I'm not talking about co-dependency, I'm talking about giving people the opportunity to practicing love with its sleeves rolled up.
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When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
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I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
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Love is extravagant in the price it is willing to pay, the time it is willing to give, the hardships it is willing to endure, and the strength it is willing to spend. Love never thinks in terms of how little, but always in terms of how much. Love gives, love knows, and love lasts.
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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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There's a big difference between feeling thankful and giving thanks. One response involves emotions, the other, your will. Trusting God has nothing to do with trustful feelings.
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God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.
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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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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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Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.
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He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
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The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.
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Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.
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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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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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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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