Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
JOHN ELDREDGEShe 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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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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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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.
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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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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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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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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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