• “Newly Quadriplegic: Road From Despair to the Paralympics” Joe Delagrave | Vault

  • Mar 1 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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“Newly Quadriplegic: Road From Despair to the Paralympics” Joe Delagrave | Vault

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  • Newly Quadriplegic. Can you imagine at age 19, after a boating accident, waking up from surgery to the doctors telling you that you will never walk again? Despair settled in. This is the beginning of Joe Delagrave’s deep transformation. His journey to forgiveness and faith is one you will never forget. He brings us into his happy but imperfect childhood, his WSU football days, his boating accident, a life-changing prison visit, and ultimately his inner heart working, that gave him the drive of an Olympian. He is a keynote speaker, Team USA Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Medal Winner and well-loved child of God.

    Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”

    Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3XPOXuS

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    Topics Shared:
    Soaking up affirmation from coaches
    His goal in high school was being a college athlete
    Supportive parents
    Birth father in prison, missed Joe’s entire childhood
    It wasn’t 15 years for some crazy offense, it was choices over and over
    Drugs, check fraud, not paying his rent
    At 13 God spoke to him about being a speakerHis battle between pleasing people or pleasing God
    Football Scholarship to Winona State in Mn.
    Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin and the back sloughs of Mississippi
    Boating accident
    Spinal cord injury levels
    Joe’s neck snaps at the C6 and C7, and he blacks out
    Rescue boat, ambulance, then med flighted to the local hospital
    The Asia Test proves his spinal injury
    Airlifted to LaCrosse Hospital for surgery to fuse his C6 and 7
    Complete quadriplegic or incomplete quadriplegic?
    Don Beebee House of Speed shirt cut off
    Opening his eyes to Prov. 3:5-6, and a newly-abled worldSurrounded by loving family
    The God of 2nd chances
    Functioning as an incomplete C6 and C7 quadriplegic
    God softens his heart toward his dad
    Visiting his birth father in prison
    Reconciliation and forgiveness in one life-changing encounter
    Marriage, babies and adaptive sports
    Discovering wheelchair rugby
    An athlete againPreparing, making and medaling in the Paralympics

    Resources:
    Website- https://www.joedelagrave.com/
    IG- @jdelagrave14

    Joe’s Quotes:
    “Are we on fire for God, or on fire for what people think? A lot of times those two don’t coexist very well.”
    “As my athletic career was taking off, my relationship with Jesus was completely going the opposite way.”
    “We never know what kind of impact we make by simply being kind.”

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    For more everyday extraordinary faith stories: https://lettersfromhomepodcast.com/
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