Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
JOHN ELDREDGEInstead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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If only Jesus’ followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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