Bible teacher, bestselling author and disabilities advocate Joni Eareckson Tada was hospitalized due to double pneumonia.
In a social media post the 73-year-old wrote, “Like many of the people we serve who struggle with constant health challenges, I can say with them, ‘God rescued me!’“
She thanked her husband and friends for all they did to care for her, saying they “made sure I rested.”
Tada, who heads Joni and Friends, an organization “accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community,” said the experience reminded her of how critical it is to “share the salvation message of Jesus with the families we serve.”
She wrote, “It’s why we do what we do at Joni and Friends, and I couldn’t be happier than to be on the frontlines with you and every friend of the ministry.”
Tada was paralyzed after a diving accident in 1967 and has since used her platform to advocate for those with disabilities. Her book detailing her experience, Joni, has been translated into over 30 languages and made into a feature film.
In addition to living with quadriplegia, Tada has battled cancer twice and, recently, COVID-19.
In a 2022 interview with The Christian Post, the speaker and author revealed that resting in God’s sovereignty, come what may is what enables her to have “profound, unshakable gladness” in the face of “horrible hardships and jaw-biting pain.”