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With honest humor and raw self-revelation, bestselling author Donald Miller tells the story of growing up without a father and openly talks about the issues that befall the fatherless generation. Raw and candid, Miller moves from self-pity and brokenness to hope and strength, highlighting a... read more
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“...we have to understand that the rain falls on the good and the bad, and crops only grow out of the ground that has been rained upon.”
Donald Miller
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The primary way to receive the attention and affirmation we need is to affirm and care for others.
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He said that when you forgive, you bear the burden somebody has given you without holding them accountable.
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If a kid grows up feeling he is burdening the people around him, he is going to operate as though the world doesn’t want him.
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“He did it for his children. That is what beauty is for. All this beauty exists so you and I can see his glory, his artwork. It’s like an invitation to worship him, to know him.”
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Dwight Eisenhower said that from the beginning, his mother and father operated on an assumption that set the course of his life—that the world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. Eisenhower’s parents assumed, and taught their children, that if their children weren’t alive, their family couldn’t function.
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“I mean God put me in Chris’s life,” he continued, “to take care of him and love him, but ultimately, we all belong to God. In Scripture he refers to himself as our Father, and I think he really longs for us to know him as that. So I would say, none of us is really without a father.”
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People assume when you’re swimming in a river you are supposed to know which way you are going, and I guess some of the time that is true, but there are certain currents that are very strong, and it’s when we are in those currents we need somebody to come along, pull us out, and guide us in a safer direction.
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The most difficult temptation, in chess and in life, is the temptation to react. Reacting without thinking never, ever works.
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He was somebody who stepped into my life and helped me believe I was here on purpose and for a purpose. I don’t think there are very many things more important than this when we are kids. The truth I’ve learned about life is you can’t do it on your own. People don’t do well independently. One generation passes wisdom to the next, wisdom about girls and faith and punctuation. And you won’t be as good a person if you don’t receive it.
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Relationships unlock certain parts of who we are supposed to be. I think one of the things Paul might have been saying in Romans is that being in a relationship with God helps us understand who we are and become who we are designed to become.
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