I recently started reading Miller's "A Praying Life". I had been warned that it would mess with me, push me around a bit. The warning is substantiated. I can only read the book in small sections at a time. The author forces the reader to look to a very personal God, a personal Jesus, as opposed to the unreal manifestations we create God to be--big, standoffish, much too important to deal with my broken heart.
Instead, Miller shows us a completely different picture of God and of Jesus. Here are some quotes that strike hard at the core of my being:
"That's why He came--there aren't supposed to be mute children, abandoned wives or thoughtless bosses."
"Jesus is, without question, the most dependent human being who ever lived. Because He can't do life on his own, he prays. And he prays. And he prays.
"Mature Christians are keenly aware that they can't raise their kids. It's no-brainer. Even if they were perfect parents, they still can't get inside their kids hearts.
Paul tells us "We don not know what to pray for as we ought, ut the 'spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (Romans 8:26)
/Anxiety is unable to relax in the face of chaos continuous prayer clings to the Father in the face of chao.
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