Joni Eareckson Tada Encouraging Even More Through Cancer Experience
Posted Jul 21 2010 6:27pm
As many of you may may know, Joni Earckson Tada recently was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and now will be starting chemotherapy. Somehow in the midst of all this she has found not only peace , but also the ability to write on her blog and even do some videos so that we can see firsthand the sparkle of the Holy Spirit within her.
I have had my share of complaining about MRIs and how difficult they are for someone with rheumatoid arthritis or other chronic pain. Getting positioned on those–well–what I call “two by fours” to go into the tube is not easy and quite uncomfortable. But today I read Joni’s post and had quite a new perspective.
Bless you for praying for me yesterday as I underwent an MRI it’s not easy getting me and my bulky wheelchair into one of those diagnostic trailer-trucks in the hospital parking lot, but we did it (and I didn’t experience a minute of claustrophobia)! The tests went well, but please pray for the two MRI technicians to whom we gave Joni books as we drove home, we kept praying for all the many people we’re meeting on this new mission field. It was a long day, but an encouraging one.
She is also on Facebook, under! I know that she has received an overwhelming amount of mail via the post office, but she is reading the comments on her Facebook page rather quickly, so feel free to offer her your love and support and prayers here too.
The Christian Examiner article “ Joni Eareckson Tada gets ‘positive prognosis’ after surgery ” quoted her as saying, “I’ve often said that our afflictions come from the hand of our all-wise and sovereign God, who loves us and wants what is best for us,” Tada said several days prior to the surgery. “So, although cancer is something new, I am content to receive from God whatever He deems fit for me. Yes, it’s alarming, but rest assured that Ken [her husband] and I are utterly convinced that God is going to use this to stretch our faith, brighten our hope and strengthen our witness to others.”
I know she is an inspiration to many of us, and I realize her blog shares all the ways God is using her as well as the cancer. But. . . friends. . . you and I know that even when we see God at work, and even when we know He has a purpose, there are those dark moments of the night when we shed our tears. She is human and needs our loving prayers around her too.
Lisa
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I have had my share of complaining about MRIs and how difficult they are for someone with rheumatoid arthritis or other chronic pain. Getting positioned on those–well–what I call “two by fours” to go into the tube is not easy and quite uncomfortable. But today I read Joni’s post and had quite a new perspective.
You can read more encouraging like this from her each day at her blog Joni’s Corner on the Joni and Friend’s web site.
She is also on Facebook, under ! I know that she has received an overwhelming amount of mail via the post office, but she is reading the comments on her Facebook page rather quickly, so feel free to offer her your love and support and prayers here too.
The Christian Examiner article “ Joni Eareckson Tada gets ‘positive prognosis’ after surgery ” quoted her as saying, “I’ve often said that our afflictions come from the hand of our all-wise and sovereign God, who loves us and wants what is best for us,” Tada said several days prior to the surgery. “So, although cancer is something new, I am content to receive from God whatever He deems fit for me. Yes, it’s alarming, but rest assured that Ken [her husband] and I are utterly convinced that God is going to use this to stretch our faith, brighten our hope and strengthen our witness to others.”
I know she is an inspiration to many of us, and I realize her blog shares all the ways God is using her as well as the cancer. But. . . friends. . . you and I know that even when we see God at work, and even when we know He has a purpose, there are those dark moments of the night when we shed our tears. She is human and needs our loving prayers around her too.
Lisa