309 Quotes by John Eldredge

Reading the prophets, says Yancey, is like hearing a lovers’ quarrel through the apartment wall.

We are hiding, every last one of us. Well aware that we, too, are not what we were meant to be, desperately afraid of exposure, terrified of being seen for what we are and are not, we have run off into the bushes. We hide in our office, at the gym, behind the newspaper and mostly behind our personality. Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.

In one of the greatest invitations ever offered to man, Christ stood up amid the crowds in Jerusalem and said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever.

You clean and organize; you demand perfection – did you ever wonder why?

Perhaps it is our fear of getting our hopes up; it seems too good to be true. Perhaps it’s been the almost total focus on sin and the Cross. But the Scripture is abundant and clear: Christ came not only to pardon us, but also to heal us. He wants the glory restored. So, put the book down for just a moment, and let this sink in: Jesus can, and wants to, heal your heart.

Our lives are not a random series of events; they tell a Story that has meaning.

Thus we might not know we have a sage at the table, for he will remain silent while the “experts” prattle on and on.

How wonderful to discover that God has never been alone. He has always been Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God has always been a fellowship. This whole Story began with something relational.

You’re going to be okay. You’re going to find your way. You are not alone.