They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
JOHN ELDREDGEShe is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
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Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God. The heart is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts.
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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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