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.
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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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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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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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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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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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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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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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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We 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.
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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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