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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.

John Eldredge

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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
Author
Psychotherapist
Writer
LA
California
Think
Three
Adventure
Thinking
Find
Hearts
Come
Role
Play
Roles
Great
Alive
Heart
Beauty
Unveil
Every
Woman
Longs
Things
Makes
Irreplaceable

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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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Most Christians are still living with an Old Testament view of their heart. Jeremiah 17:9 says, 'My heart is deceitfully wicked.' No, it's not. Not after the work of Christ, because the promise of the new covenant is a new heart.
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Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly always given by his father.
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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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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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So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan's line to him is 'You're fine'. But after you do take sides, it becomes 'Your heart is bad and you know it'.
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Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.
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Faith looks back and draws courage hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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