Quotes from 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
The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.
- 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
Most of the verses written about praise in God's Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.
- 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
God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
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.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
God lets us continue to feel much of sin's sting through suffering while we're heading for heaven. This constantly reminds us of what we're being delivered from; exposing sin for the poison it is.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
- Joni Eareckson Tada