Thursday, April 12, 2007
Oh Mr. Miller
Donald Miller has a wonderful way with works...
"The whole point of intimacy is that you want to know things, random facts; you are driven to them because this woman has taken you captive, not that you would willfully write them down as a matter of discipline. Imagine calling your wife to tell her you love her and then hanging up the phone to check off the action on your to-do list. I don't think she would be pleased in the slightest."
"What I mean by this is I feel my life is a story, more than a list; I feel this blood slipping through my veins and those chemicals in my brain telling me I am hungry or lonely, sad or angry, in love or despondent. And I don't fee that a list could ever explain the completexity of all this beauty, all this sun and moon, this smell of coming rain, the beautiful mysteries of a women, or the truck-like complexity of men."
"There can be no doubting, no mistrust; one must have complete faith in the other that nothing is being held back. In our spirituality, we see nothing different. No less than two hundred times Scripture speaks of the importance of belief. "I take thee and thy word." Romeo says, meaning he believes Juliet's invitation, that she will do what she says she will do. Anything less than pure trust would be a kind of careful negotiation. And careful negotiation isn't love. A person must be willing to be dashed on the rocks or made the fool in exchange for a relationship in order for pure love to take place. And in our spirituality, anything less indicated a question of God's character."
He just gets it.
Read his books, they are all amazing. He's so candid and real it's ridiculous. These particular quotes are from, Searching For God Knows What. Learn more here.
"The whole point of intimacy is that you want to know things, random facts; you are driven to them because this woman has taken you captive, not that you would willfully write them down as a matter of discipline. Imagine calling your wife to tell her you love her and then hanging up the phone to check off the action on your to-do list. I don't think she would be pleased in the slightest."
"What I mean by this is I feel my life is a story, more than a list; I feel this blood slipping through my veins and those chemicals in my brain telling me I am hungry or lonely, sad or angry, in love or despondent. And I don't fee that a list could ever explain the completexity of all this beauty, all this sun and moon, this smell of coming rain, the beautiful mysteries of a women, or the truck-like complexity of men."
"There can be no doubting, no mistrust; one must have complete faith in the other that nothing is being held back. In our spirituality, we see nothing different. No less than two hundred times Scripture speaks of the importance of belief. "I take thee and thy word." Romeo says, meaning he believes Juliet's invitation, that she will do what she says she will do. Anything less than pure trust would be a kind of careful negotiation. And careful negotiation isn't love. A person must be willing to be dashed on the rocks or made the fool in exchange for a relationship in order for pure love to take place. And in our spirituality, anything less indicated a question of God's character."
He just gets it.
Read his books, they are all amazing. He's so candid and real it's ridiculous. These particular quotes are from, Searching For God Knows What. Learn more here.
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