If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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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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Story is the language of the heart.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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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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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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