We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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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 true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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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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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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