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There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God has determined to steer what He hates in a direction that He loves!
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
We rant and rave against God for the evil we have to endure but hardly blink at the evil in our own hearts.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers ... can move the very heart of God who created the universe?
— Joni Eareckson Tada
This paralysis is my greatest mercy.7
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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!
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The more righteous God appeared, the more resentful I became.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
True wisdom is found in trusting God when you can't figure things out.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Some people tend to believe that I'm a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that's not true. I'm not a strong believer. I'm very weak.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can't be done. In Your strength, I find my own.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
No other religion, no other, promises new bodies, hearts, and minds. Only in the gospel of Christ do hurting people find such incredible hope.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Probably, I thought, my suffering and training is a lifelong process. It will end only when I go to be with Christ.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
This sin-stained planet would have ripped apart at the seams long ago were it not for the restraining hand of God.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
— Joni Eareckson Tada