Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.
Donald MillerBut the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story made us different characters than we would have been if we had skipped the story and showed up at the ending an easier way.
Donald MillerBefore I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.
Donald MillerI think Jesus is saying, Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying to get people to clap, but people are fallen, they are separated from God, so they have no idea what is good or bad, worthy to be judged or set free, beautiful or ugly to begin with. Why not get your glory from God? Why not accept your feelings of redemption because of His pleasure in you, not the fickle and empty favor of man? And only then will you know who you are, and only then will you have true, uninhibited relationships with others.
Donald MillerWhat Iโm saying is I think life is staggering and weโre just used to it. We all are like spoiled children no longer impressed with the gifts weโre givenโitโs just another sunset, just another rainstorm moving in over the mountain, just another child being born, just another funeral.
Donald Miller