Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe. Donald Miller More Quotes by Donald Miller More Quotes From Donald Miller ...she wanted God to make sense. He doesn't. He will make no more sense to me than I will make sense to an ant. Donald Miller make-sense ants wanted And there is something profoundly humbling about knowing God. I’m not talking about the trinket God or the genie-in-a-lamp God. I mean the God who invented the tree in my front yard, the beauty of my sweetheart, the taste of a blueberry, the violence of a river at flood. There are a lot of religious trends that would have us controlling God, telling us that if we do this that and the other, God will jump through our hoops like a monkey. But this other God, this real God, is awesome and strong, all-encompassing and passionate, and for reasons I will never understand, he wants to father us. Donald Miller strong religious father People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education. Donald Miller judgment stories people It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help. Donald Miller meaningful jobs book I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God. I was into habit. Donald Miller religious christian believe Great stories move through fear. Donald Miller stories moving Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives. Donald Miller batteries people art The times in my life when I have been most happy haven't been the times when I have had the most money or the most freedom or the most anything, but rather when I've been in love or in community or right with people. Donald Miller been-in-love community people We don't need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It's true what they say about the best things in life being free. Donald Miller being-free things-in-life needs When I was in love there was somebody in the world who was more important than me, and that, given all that happened at the fall of man, is a miracle, like something God forgot to curse. Donald Miller miracle men fall Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is. Donald Miller church-service sunday morning I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you. Donald Miller writing advice people I will love you like God, because of God, mighted by the power of God. I will stop expecting your love, demanding your love, trading for your love, gaming for your love. I will simply love. I am giving myself to you, and tomorrow I will do it again. I suppose the clock itself will wear thin its time before I am ended at this altar of dying and dying again. God risked Himself on me. I will risk myself on you. And together, we will learn to love, and perhaps then, and only then, understand this gravity that drew Him, unto us. Donald Miller risk love-you giving But playing your music as loud as you want and coming home drunk aren't real life. Real life, it turns out, is diapers and lawnmowers, decks that need painting, a wife that needs to be listened to, kids that need to be taught right from wrong, a checkbook, an oil change, a sunset behind a mountain, laughter at a kitchen table, too much wine, a chipped tooth, and a screaming child. Donald Miller laughter real children Your life is a blank page. You write on it. Donald Miller pages life-is writing ...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion. Donald Miller proud kingdoms men Of his new book, Don says: “It might be the greatest book ever written. I don’t think anybody is going to read a book again after they read my new one. I think God is proud of me. I am going to make a killing off this thing and I’m going to use the money to go to space. Donald Miller space book thinking When I started studying the issue and issues related to fatherlessness, I realized I had all of them. Fear of intimacy, fear of commitment, poor work ethic, just stuff that you don't have when you don't have a man in your life to look you in the eye and say, "You're good," or "Good job." Donald Miller eye jobs commitment I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that. Donald Miller christian book thinking I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling the people around us. Donald Miller different trying people
