It comforts me to think that if we are created beings, the thing that created us would have to be greater than us, so much greater, in fact, that we would not be able to understand it. It would have to be greater than the facts of our reality, and so it would seem to us, looking out from within our reality that it would contradict reason. But reason itself would suggest it would have to be greater than reality, or it would not be reasonable. β¨ Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality. Book by Donald Miller, July 17, 2003.
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- Many of our attempts to understand Christian faith have only cheapened it. I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me. The lit β¦ βΆ
- The greatest stories go to those who donβt give in to fear. β¨ Donald Miller (2009). A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, p.108, Thomas Nelson Inc
- No love is conditional. If love is conditional, itβs just some sort of manipulation masquerading as love. β¨ Donald Miller (2015). Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy, p.44, Thomas β¦ βΆ
- Earthly loveβ¦ is temporal and slight so that is has to be given again and again in order for us to feel any sense of security; but Godβs love, Godβs voice and presence, would instill our souls with s β¦ βΆ
- As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to a β¦ βΆ
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