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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.
John Eldredge
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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self
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An intimate encounter with Jesus is the most transforming experience of human existence. To know him as he is, is to come home. To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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Most of us live in a fog. It's like life is a movie we arrived to 20 minutes late. You know something important seems to be going on. But we can't figure out the story. We don't know what part we're supposed to play or what the plot is.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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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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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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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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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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