Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God. The heart is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts.
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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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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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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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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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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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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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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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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 man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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