Quotes from John Eldredge

We live in a very different moment in the story than David and his colleagues; a great deal has changed since the Psalms were penned. The incarnation, for one thing—the Son of God has come. Your ransom, for another. The cross has happened, the resurrection too. Tectonic shifts have shaken the heavens and the earth, and those events change the posture of our praying in profound ways.

The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and transformed. (The Sacred Journey) Only when we enter our wound will we discover our true glory.

Tu lugar está entre las flores silvestres. Tu lugar está en un barco en alta mar. Tu lugar está con tu amor de tu brazo. Tu lugar está en donde te sientas libre. Wildflowers [Flores silvestres], TOM PETTY

I don't trust a man who hasn't suffered; I don't let a man get close to me who hasn't faced his wound.

The old saints sang "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," both because it's true and also because they needed to declare it to be true.

Let people feel the weight of who you are, and let them deal with it.

When it comes to girls, the greatest gift you can give to the young man is to watch you love your wife.

To see you in love is far more powerful than any other lesson. A picture is worth a thousand words. It's important that your sons see your physical affection, to see you kiss, cuddle on the couch, hold hands in public. Oh, sure—they'll say they're "grossed out," tell you to "get a room." But they are watching and learning.

En el caso de padres silenciosos, pasivos o ausentes, la pregunta queda sin respuesta. «¿Tengo lo que se requiere? Papá, ¿soy un hombre?» Su silencio es la respuesta: «No lo sé…

Given the right plan, everything in life can be managed . . . except your heart.

You see, whenever we live in relationship, whenever we simply live in proximity to other people, sooner or later we will run up against their issues—the unhealed or unholy parts of their personalities. Just as they will run into ours. Living in community is like a pack of porcupines sharing the same den. We will get stuck.

explored." "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter," says the book

Americans consume something like 10 hours of media a day,3over 100,000 words and 34 gigabytes—which would crash a laptop in a week.

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

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.