Joni Eareckson Tada
Joni Eareckson Tada
Joni Eareckson Tadais an evangelical Christian, author, radio host, and founder of Joni and Friends, an organization "accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 October 1949
CountryUnited States of America
believe care vulnerable
If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.
pain people suffering
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?
jesus heart eye
When I look at Jesus' warm and intimate friendships, my heart fills with praise that Jesus was. . . a man. A man of flesh-and-blood reality. His heart felt the sting of sympathy. His eyes glowed with tenderness. His arms embraced. His lips smiled. His hands touched. Jesus was male! Jesus invites us to relate to him as the Son of Man. And because he is fully man, we can relate to Jesus with affection and love.
morning arms weakness
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.
thinking color long
Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.
christian wise helping
Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.
people trials able
God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
hate order permit
God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.
government elderly people
Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description.
despair
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.
prayer heart longing
My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
problem spite hard
Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.
jesus knowing suffering
When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.
hurt hate fall
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.