If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?
Joni Eareckson TadaNow, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.
Joni Eareckson TadaYou 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.
Joni Eareckson TadaNothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.
Joni Eareckson TadaWe'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.
Joni Eareckson TadaNothing will convince and convict those around us like the peaceful and positive way you and I respond to our twentieth century hurts and distress. The unbelieving world-your neighbors, the guy at the gas station, the postman, the lady at the cleaners, your boss at work-is observing the way we undergo our trials.
Joni Eareckson Tada