A Thought From My New Favorite Author

I've been reading Don Miller lately. His newer books are Blue Like Jazz and Searching For God Knows What. This story comes from Searching...

"A few weeks later I learned an invaluable lesson from a wealthy and successful businessman here in Portland who owns a chain of coffee shops. A few of us were sitting in one of his shops one morning, and another friend asked if we had seen the World Series of Poker on television the night before. None of us had, but that mention led to a conversation about gambling. My friend who owns the coffee shops told us, in a tone of kindness and truth, that nobody he knows who is successful gambles; rather, they work hard, accept the facts of reality, they enjoy life as it is. 'But the facts of reality stink, I told him. 'Reality is like fine wine,' he said to me. 'It will not appeal to children.' And I am grateful my friend stung me in that way, because this truth helped me understand and appreciate like itself, as it is, without the false hope formulas offer..."

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That statement may be the most profound that I have read in months, and is worth the price of the book - no 10 books. Most of us miss the best in life because we avoid reality. We escape in a variety of ways and methods. Maybe that's what fascinates me about Jesus. He refused to avoid reality and lived His life facing and embracing reality, even when it was most difficult.

I want to be more like that -

WH