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I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.
Joni Eareckson Tada
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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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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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True, God hates Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, mental illness, autism, and the rest (these conditions are all symptoms of the Fall). Yet he permits these things to accomplish something far more precious in our lives: patience, endurance, compassion for others who hurt, and refined faith and trust in God, to name a few.
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Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.
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God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.
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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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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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When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
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Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.
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Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.
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God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
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Believers are never told to become one we already are one and are expected to act like it.
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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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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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A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
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