Quotes from Joni Eareckson Tada

I'd learned that you can't wear a crown unless you bear a cross - that if our Savior had learned obedience through suffering, we should expect the same.

Probably, I thought, my suffering and training is a lifelong process. It will end only when I go to be with Christ.

Gradually, the unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised.

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.

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

...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.

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.

The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.

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.

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

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

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

Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer's, this means God's unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together.

Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being healed becomes the only goal - 'I'm not letting go until I get what I want' - it's a problem.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.

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.

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!

I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.

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

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