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Being a Christian is more like falling in love than understanding a series of ideas.

Donald Miller

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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Pearland
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It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.
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No love is conditional. If love is conditional, it’s just some sort of manipulation masquerading as love.
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She knows who she is. She just forgot for a little while.
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The early bird catches the worm. But I have never been one for worms. I am not sure what the late bird catches, but I will feast with him today. Probably porridge.
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...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.
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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.
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