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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.
John Eldredge
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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
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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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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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