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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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John Eldredge
#Heal
#Wounds
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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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John Eldredge
#Finishing
#Finals
#Lasts
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God
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John Eldredge
#Heart
#Worship
#Abandoned
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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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John Eldredge
#Heart
#Men
#Desire
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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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John Eldredge
#Spiritual
#War
#Thinking
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Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally; they urge him on. Let them grow, if need be. But do not forsake the secret of life; do not despise those kingly desires. We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire. We leave our hearts by the side of the road and head off in the direction of fitting in, getting by, being productive, what have you. Whatever we might gain – money, position, the approval of others, or just absence of the discontent self – it’s not worth it.
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John Eldredge
#Country
#Kings
#Heart
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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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John Eldredge
#Heart
#Adventure
#Thinking
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You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.
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John Eldredge
#Fighting
#Thinking
#Battle
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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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John Eldredge
#Nice
#Mean
#Warrior
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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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John Eldredge
#Heart
#Adventure
#Fighting
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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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John Eldredge
#Jesus
#Play
#Personality
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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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John Eldredge
#Lying
#Adventure
#True Life
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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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John Eldredge
#War
#Stories
#Love Story
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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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John Eldredge
#Heart
#Journey
#Stories
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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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John Eldredge
#Running
#Contentment
#Desire
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.
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John Eldredge
#Quality
#Duration
#Limits
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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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John Eldredge
#Heart
#Matter
#Ends
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The culture of women in the church today is crippled by some very pervasive lies. "To be spiritual is to be busy. To be spiritual is to be disciplined. To be spiritual is to be dutiful." No, to be spiritual is to be in Romance with God. The desire to be romanced lies deep in the heart of every women. It is for such that you were made. Are you ARE romanced, and ever will be.
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John Eldredge
#Spiritual
#Lying
#Heart
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somehow we have overlooked the fact this treasured called the heart can also be broken, has been broken, and now lies in pieces down under the surface. When it comes to habits we cannot quit or patterns we cannot stop, anger that flies out of nowhere, fears we cannot overcome, or weaknesses we hate to admit--much of what troubles us comes out of the broken places in our hearts crying out for relief. Jesus speaks as if we are all brokenhearted. We would do well to trust His perspective on this.
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John Eldredge
#Jesus
#Lying
#Hate
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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John Eldredge
#Jesus
#Absence
#Danger
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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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John Eldredge
#Mother
#Spiritual
#Each Day
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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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John Eldredge
#Men
#People
#Risk
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He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as a snake and gentle as a whisper; the gladness of sunshine and the humility of a thirty-mile walk by foot on a dirt road.
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John Eldredge
#Jesus
#Ocean
#Humility
