Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
JOHN ELDREDGEBut a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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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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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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So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
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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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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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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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Story is the language of the heart.
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What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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