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One of the most wonderful things about knowing God is that there’s always so much more to know, so much more to discover. Just when we least expect it, He intrudes into our neat and tidy notions about who He is and how He works.
Joni Eareckson Tada
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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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I deal daily with chronic pain and, at times, my pain feels like a lemon that God squeezes, revealing my sour attitude, peevish spirit, and tendency to complain or grumble. Did not God use my pain to expose my sin, I might - like many of us - not be aware of the sin of which I'm capable.
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God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
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God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.
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The Bible isn't quick to give answers it mainly gives the Answer.
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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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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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God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
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Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.
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Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being healed becomes the only goal - 'I'm not letting go until I get what I want' - it's a problem.
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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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When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.
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If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.
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Thats what I love about serving God. In His eyes, there are no little people...because there are no big people. We are all on the same playing field
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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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God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
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Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
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God turns on its head one form of evil - suffering - in order to defeat another form of evil - that is, our transgressions. It happened at the cross, and it occurs in the lives of followers of Christ every day.
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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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