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Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.
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Let's show up to life. Let's prove how beautiful it can really be. Let's face the conflict, redeem it, conquer it, and allow it to mold our character. Let's participate in what God is doing in the world.
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The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.
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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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