All that Jazz
After reading several depressing, though well written fiction pieces, my soul was starting to feel heavy and congested, so I picked up Blue Like Jazz for a second read. Donald Miller has my dream job. Some day I hope to be as inspired and wise and connected to the heart of God to write like him. In the meantime, I will have to borrow his words:
"I once listened to an Indian on television say that God was in the wind and the water, and I wondered at how beautiful that was because it meant you could swim in Him or have Him brush your face in a breeze. I am early into my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon those 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."
Fantastic. Chapter 2 is even better.
Also, I wanna play too (stolen from several others):
"One little compliment can make you feel amazing. So give me a compliment, anything in the entire world, even that my shoelaces are pretty. Put this in your journal. And once you get some comments, put that entry in a memory or tag and when you are feeling down, just go to that entry and this will remind that you're not so bad in other people's eyes after all."
"I once listened to an Indian on television say that God was in the wind and the water, and I wondered at how beautiful that was because it meant you could swim in Him or have Him brush your face in a breeze. I am early into my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon those 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."
Fantastic. Chapter 2 is even better.
Also, I wanna play too (stolen from several others):
"One little compliment can make you feel amazing. So give me a compliment, anything in the entire world, even that my shoelaces are pretty. Put this in your journal. And once you get some comments, put that entry in a memory or tag and when you are feeling down, just go to that entry and this will remind that you're not so bad in other people's eyes after all."