“Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign over accidents and birth anomalies, or does the devil set the world's agenda? How do I counsel people who are despairing of their condition?” PeopleIfsWorldHeartDoePainLife IsSufferingConditionsBirthDevilAccidentsAgendasSovereignPromptsAnomaliesHeart Wrenching Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.” PeopleKnowsLooksSufferingRealizingAnswersPlight Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“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.” KnowsWayDespairPagesVague Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.” HelpingChristianWiseHelp MeTransformingChristian Friends Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Many people in the throes of suffering, disappointment, and despair, feel utterly stuck in their circumstances. They see no hope beyond their day-to-day drudgery of disability routines; but when hurting families place themselves under the shower of God's mercy, suddenly the clouds part. They realize there's hope, life, and even joy beyond their suffering.” PeopleFeelsJoySufferingRealizingHurtCircumstancesDespairMercyCloudsDisappointmentStuckDisabilityShowersDay To DayNo HopeDrudgery Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.” Life IsOur LivesApplicationLinked Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Most people wish they could erase suffering out of the dictionary. Today's culture of comfort and instant gratification has no patience for suffering - most people want to drug it, escape it, divorce it; do anything but live with it.” PeopleWantTodaySufferingCultureWishComfortDrugDivorceInstantGratificationDictionaryEraseInstant GratificationNo Patience Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.” CharacterSufferingChristTools Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Even at the cross, God permitted what he hated - the unjust and agonizing death of his own precious Son - in order to accomplish something he prized above his own Son's cruel death; that is, salvation for a world of sinners. So the world's worst murder becomes the world's only salvation.” WorldOrderWorstSonCrossesMurderSalvationAccomplishHatedSinnerUnjustAgonizing Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“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.” HateFallNamesHurtCompassionOur LivesConditionsIllnessAccomplishMental IllnessInjuryEndurancePermitTrust In GodAutismSymptomsRefinedCordsAlzheimerAlzheimer'sTrue GodCompassion For OthersLife PatienceSpinal CordSpinal Cord Injuries Author:Joni Eareckson Tada