Joni Eareckson-Tada: Strength in Suffering

March 26, 2009

This morning I had the privilege of sharing a biographical message with some of the home-schooled children in our church on one of my heroes of the faith, Joni Eareckson-Tada. It has been more than 40 years since she was paralyzed from the neck down because of a diving accident, yet she speaks of God’s goodness, sovereignty and love with a joy and vitality that far surpass most of us who have never suffered like her.

If you’ve never heard Joni speak, you can watch this video below from a recent talk she did at Dallas Theological Seminary (if you can’t see or view the video, click here). Also, you can listen to or watch her talk from the 2005 Desiring God National Conference, which was outstanding.

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