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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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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.
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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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Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
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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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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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Americans are nervous Americans are restless and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.
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What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we're not only useful, but priceless.
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Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.
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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 had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
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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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God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
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Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the Master will elevate your thinking. The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.
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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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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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Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
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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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The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.
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