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.
JOHN ELDREDGEA wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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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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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
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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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You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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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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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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