We must do battle with the enemies of our hearts-those sirens that would seduce and shipwreck our desire and those arrows that aim to kill it outright. And we must journey forward, toward God, toward the Great Restoration and the Adventures that come. How awful to reach the end of life's road and find we haven't brought our hearts along with us.
So let me say it again: Life is now a battle and a journey. This is the truest explanation for what is going on, the only way to rightly understand our experience...Life is a desperate quest through dangerous country to a destination that is, beyond all our widest hopes, indescribably good. Only by conceiving of our days in this manner can we find our way safely through. You see, different roads lead different places. To find the Land of Desire, you must take the journey of desire. You can't get there by any other means. If we are to take up the trail and get on with our quest, we've got to get our hearts back, which means getting our desire back...
- Journey of Desire, John Eldridge
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About Me
- Melissa
- I'm a Christian who loves Christ with all her heart. I love to laugh, I love to cry (sometimes), I love to feel deeply. I want the road bendy & the windows rolled down. I want all the wick & wax gone. I want to live with reckless abandon. I want to have deep, authentic intimacy with others. My hope and prayer is that I will effect & be effected. This journey is my own!
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