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.
JOHN ELDREDGEGod endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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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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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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 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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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