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I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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Baltimore
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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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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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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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The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
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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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I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
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A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
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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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My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.
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The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
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Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
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God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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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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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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...we will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory.
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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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