Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
John EldredgeMots clés contentment john-eldredge the-sacred-romance
Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.
John EldredgeMots clés life eternal-life
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.
John EldredgeA man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
John EldredgePart of me knows that prayer is essential; another part of me would rather turn on the TV and check out. And that whole bit about being long-suffering-no way. Part of me wants to just get drunk.
John EldredgeMots clés the-truth-is
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 EldredgeMots clés life god heart story
Now yes, yes, creation sometimes screams a confusing message—fear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must remember—this was not so in Eden. Mankind fell, surrendering this earth to the evil one. St. Paul says that creation groans for the day of its restoration (see Rom. 8:18–22), making it clear that everything is not as it was meant to be. People come to terrible conclusions when they assume this world is exactly as God intended. (An assumption that has wrought havoc in the sciences.) The earth is broken.
Which only makes the beauty that does flow so generously that much more astounding. And reassuring.
Mots clés beauty sin generosity fallen-world
Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
John EldredgeDeep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
John EldredgeThe purpose of his life, death, and resurrection was to ransom you from your sin, deliver you from the clutches of evil, restore you to God - so that his personality and his life could heal and fill your personality. Your humanity, and your life. This is the reason he came.
Anything else is religion.
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