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.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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If only Jesus’ followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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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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Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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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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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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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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