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I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story.

Donald Miller

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Author
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Pearland
Texas
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Job found contentment and even joy, outside the context of comfort, health or stability. He understood the story was not about him, and he cared more about the story then he did about himself.
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I think the best thing a person can do is to read through the Gospels in the Bible and really look at Jesus, because if a person does this, they will realize that the Jesus they learned about in Sunday school or the Jesus they hear jokes about or the skinny, Gandhi Jesus that exists in their imaginations isn't anything like the real Jesus at all.
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We shouldn’t be afraid to embrace whimsy, that nagging idea that life could be magical it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks.
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It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.
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If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible.
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One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?
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Right, but you know, what would any of us lose by losing our possessions. Maybe we would gain something, like relationships, like the beauty of good friends, intimacy, you know what I mean, man? Like we wouldn't be losing anything if we lost our stuff, we'd be gaining everything.
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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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I love to give to charity, but I don't want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace.
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The thing I loved about her was that I never felt like she was selling anything. She would talk to God as if she knew Him, as if she had talked to Him on the phone that day. She was never ashamed which is the thing with some Christians I had encountered.
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There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way.
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