Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they a…

Donald Miller
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Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away. ✨ Donald Miller (2007). Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God, p.54, Thomas Nelson Inc
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