But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
JOHN ELDREDGEFaith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
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The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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.
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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 reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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I don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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