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I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.
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You cannot be a Christian without being a mystic.
Donald Miller
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Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is.
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And when you find love, or when you are mature enough to understand it, the feeling you get is gratitude.
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Most great art is created when the artist feels they are channeling something rather than trying to communicate something.
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Imagine, a Being with a mind as great as God's, with feet like trees and a voice like rushing wind, telling you that you are His cherished creation.
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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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I had some friends commenting me books, but mostly it was people I didn't know. But they're fans. They're fans of the books, so they have a working knowledge of how I write, and they know what they like and what they don't like. I'm really grateful for their feedback.
Donald Miller
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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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THINGS JESUS NEVER SAID: "You should come with me to church.
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If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.
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Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.
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I think life is staggering and we're just too used to it.
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I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.
Donald Miller
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The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either.
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Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.
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It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.
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True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.
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I didnt like being reminded about how self-absorbed i was. I wanted to be over this, done with this. I didnt want to live in a broken world or a broken me. I wasnt trying to weasel out of anything. I just wasnt in the mood of being on the earth that night. I get like that sometimes when it rains, or when i see certain sad movies.
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...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.
Donald Miller
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People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.
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I am early in my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon these early days, these days when it seemed God was down a dirt road, walking toward me. Years ago He was a swinging speck in the distance; now He is close enough I can hear His singing. Soon I will see the lines on His face.
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I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant people. I'm talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people.
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There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.
Donald Miller