We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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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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We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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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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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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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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She 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.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
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