Joni Eareckson Tada, is a Christian author, speaker, and ministry leader who became a quadriplegic at age 17 after a diving accident. Joni says:
"Most of us are able to thank God for his grace, comfort, and sustaining power in a trial, but we don’t thank him for the problem, just finding him in it.
But many decades in a wheelchair have
taught me to not segregate my Savior from the suffering he allows, as though a broken neck—or in your case, a broken ankle, heart or home— merely “happens” and then God shows up after the fact to wrestle something good out of it. No, the God of the Bible is bigger than that. Much bigger.
And so is the capacity of your soul. May-
be this wheelchair felt like a horrible tragedy in the beginning, but I give God thanks in my wheelchair. . . . I’m grateful for my quadriplegia. It’s a bruising of a blessing. A gift wrapped in black. It’s the shadowy companion that walks with me daily, pulling and pushing me into the arms of my Saviour. And that’s where the joy is.
. . .
Your “wheelchair”, whatever it is, falls well
within the overarching decrees of God. Your hardship and heartache come from his wise and
kind hand and for that, you can be grateful. In it and for it." 23
bibliography and appendix
23. Joni Eareckson Tada, foreword to Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy by Nancy Leigh DeMoss (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009), 12
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