Good Reads

So, over the years, I'm proud to say that I've become more & more of a reader. This didn't use to be the case. I would read but not often. Now, there are so many good reads, that it's getting harder & harder to keep up!

I realize I'm about 4 years behind the curve here since this book came out in '03, but Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller has been well worth the time spent reading! Now grant it I'm only about half way through...like I said, I'm behind...but this paragraph really jumped out at me today:

"If you believe something, passionately, people will follow you. People hardly care what you believe, as long as you believe something. If you are passionate about something, people will follow you because they think you know something they don't, some clue to the meaning of the universe."

Interesting statement, but it's the next statement that puts a spin on the whole thing.

"Passion is tricky, though, because it can point to nothing as easily as it points to something."

If I'm passionate about just living life, having fun and making the most of every opportunity, that doesn't really seem like a bad thing. But if I'm doing all that just for me, for my own enjoyment, then it's all for nothing. What if we were to really live passionately for Christ? What if when people looked at how we live our lives they would believe that we know something they don't...that we're connected to something that they want to be a part of?

Passion involves some risks...no...living passionately involves a lot of risks, especially living passionately for Christ. The funny thing is, is that it's a lot easier to read about it or hear about it & get excited about the idea than it is to actually live it out.

Just some thoughts.

Like I said, I'm only about half way through the book, but I recommend it to anyone who has not yet wrestled through its pages.