“Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.”1
“The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.”
“Contentment … has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.”
“Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.”
“We rant and rave against God for the evil we have to endure but hardly blink at the evil in our own hearts.”
“True wisdom is found in trusting God when you can’t figure things out.”
“I’d learned that you can’t wear a crown unless you bear a cross – that if our Savior had learned obedience through suffering, we should expect the same.”
“Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.”
“God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances – things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.”
“Real satisfaction comes not in understanding God’s motives, but in understanding His character, in trusting in His promises, and in leaning on Him and resting in Him as the Sovereign who knows what He is doing and does all things well.”
“The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.”
“I want to stay in the habit of ‘glancing’ at my problems and ‘gazing’ at my Lord.”
“Faith isn’t the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It’s simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.”
“God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.”
“Amazing, isn’t it, that our prayers…can move the very heart of God who created the universe?”
“We will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory.”
“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?”
“It is a glorious thing to know that your Father God makes no mistakes in directing or permitting that which crosses the path of your life. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. It is our glory to trust Him, no matter what.”
“What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we’re not only useful, but priceless.”
“The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.”
“God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!”
“Our afflictions are designed not to break us but to bend our hearts toward God.”
“God often uses our deepest pain as the launching pad of our greatest calling.”
“Suffering is the delivery room for the birth of compassion.”
“There is a freedom that comes with surrender.”
1 All of the following quotes are from the websites below:
Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes (Author of Joni)
TOP 25 QUOTES BY JONI EARECKSON TADA (of 122) | A-Z Quotes
22 Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes | ChristianQuotes.info