Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes

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.

We're not the paragons of virtue that we'd all like to think we are. And so, to shatter that myth, God will use suffering to expose the stuff of which we're made.

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.

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.

The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.

The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.

Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.

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.

Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven.

Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

Once the reader firmly grasps the truth of human exceptionalism under our Creator God, then the answers to confusing cultural issues begin to be clear.

Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

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.

Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.

In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.

Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.

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.

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.

I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.

Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?

The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.

It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

Even in my despair, I knew in a vague way that the Bible held hope for me in its pages. I just didn't know where to begin.

The truths of the Bible are never just abstract concepts; they're always related to real people.

The more righteous God appeared, the more resentful I became.

None of us, in our culture of comfort, know how to prepare ourselves for dying, but that's what we should do every day. Every single day, we die a thousand deaths.