Comments on: Chatting About “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/ by Susan Gaddis Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan Gaddis http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Susan Gaddis Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:54:13 +0000 http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/?p=1333#comment-184 Jeremy, James, and Bud--Thank you for each sharing such vulnerability and opening windows to your souls for us all to gaze through. If someone doesn't want to read this book after hearing your input, they must, as Bud said, be on life support. Deep stuff, guys, and very challenging. Jeremy, James, and Bud–Thank you for each sharing such vulnerability and opening windows to your souls for us all to gaze through. If someone doesn’t want to read this book after hearing your input, they must, as Bud said, be on life support. Deep stuff, guys, and very challenging.

]]> By: James http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-182 James Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:31:54 +0000 http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/?p=1333#comment-182 I thought one of the best quotes from this book was " If you aren't living a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died. But my uncle died too soon." This line cuts me to the heart, because he has a point and although I long to live such a life I find it hard. Part of me wonders if he wasn't right when he said " If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation". After all Jesus said he came that we may have life and have it to the full. My prayer is that we don't let this moment pass us, but rather we act while we see clearly that acting is what we must do, not simply surviving. I thought one of the best quotes from this book was ” If you aren’t living a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died. But my uncle died too soon.” This line cuts me to the heart, because he has a point and although I long to live such a life I find it hard.

Part of me wonders if he wasn’t right when he said ” If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation”. After all Jesus said he came that we may have life and have it to the full.

My prayer is that we don’t let this moment pass us, but rather we act while we see clearly that acting is what we must do, not simply surviving.

]]> By: Bud Silva http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Bud Silva Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:51:43 +0000 http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/?p=1333#comment-181 Donald Miller did a number on me in his book "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years". What's with this title, I thought? He explains that early on and it made perfect sense. Donald did an excellent job of taking you out of your "couch potato" world and dares you to enter into a story that is meant for you. Have done this for very brief periods of my life, but he calls us (without really demanding) to something significant on a regular basis. Caused me to question my story and asking if I could do something really significant with the rest of my life. Found myself beginning to weep as I read the waitress who gave him $20 for his cause. Then he rides his bike to the Atlantic Ocean and I had to hold back the tears.(Actually wasn't able to keep from crying, but being in a public place I had to restrain from losing control), then hearing the LORD say "I cried too! when Donald got to Atlantic. I too found myself asking "what can I do with my life Lord"? Get me out of this comfort zone I'm in and may I make a life well lived. This book will challenge you!! If not, you may be on life support. Donald Miller did a number on me in his book “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years”. What’s with this title, I thought? He explains that early on and it made perfect sense. Donald did an excellent job of taking you out of your “couch potato” world and dares you to enter into a story that is meant for you. Have done this for very brief periods of my life, but he calls us (without really demanding) to something significant on a regular basis. Caused me to question my story and asking if I could do something really significant with the rest of my life. Found myself beginning to weep as I read the waitress who gave him $20 for his cause. Then he rides his bike to the Atlantic Ocean and I had to hold back the tears.(Actually wasn’t able to keep from crying, but being in a public place I had to restrain from losing control), then hearing the LORD say “I cried too! when Donald got to Atlantic.

I too found myself asking “what can I do with my life Lord”? Get me out of this comfort zone I’m in and may I make a life well lived.
This book will challenge you!! If not, you may be on life support.

]]> By: Jeremy Sizemore http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Jeremy Sizemore Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:35:56 +0000 http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/?p=1333#comment-175 Hi Sue, This book rocked me. I mean... I think I tend to think that if I am "crossing all my T's and dotting all my I's" and check off my metal checklist, than I am doing pretty good. Then a good book like this one intercepts me and broadsides me. I say "intercepts me" because I didn't look for this book... my best-bro Scott bought it for me and ruined my life.;-) I am convinced that you can live a "good" life and still live a wasted life. Donald does a great job proving this concept without even saying it. This books stretched my soul to uncomfortable levels, made me ask hard questions about my mediocre existence, challenged me to stop holding life at an objective distance and dared me to jump into THE subjective story... God's story for me... a story part of His Story. By the end of book I was faced with some serious questions I had to ask myself: Am I content with my "story"? What am I going to do about it? Read this book if you need your heart prodded out of your comfort zone. -jer Hi Sue,

This book rocked me. I mean… I think I tend to think that if I am “crossing all my T’s and dotting all my I’s” and check off my metal checklist, than I am doing pretty good. Then a good book like this one intercepts me and broadsides me. I say “intercepts me” because I didn’t look for this book… my best-bro Scott bought it for me and ruined my life.;-)

I am convinced that you can live a “good” life and still live a wasted life. Donald does a great job proving this concept without even saying it. This books stretched my soul to uncomfortable levels, made me ask hard questions about my mediocre existence, challenged me to stop holding life at an objective distance and dared me to jump into THE subjective story… God’s story for me… a story part of His Story.

By the end of book I was faced with some serious questions I had to ask myself: Am I content with my “story”? What am I going to do about it?

Read this book if you need your heart prodded out of your comfort zone.

-jer

]]> By: Susan Gaddis http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Susan Gaddis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:33:36 +0000 http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/?p=1333#comment-174 I bought you one. I don't want to loan mine out. I bought you one. I don’t want to loan mine out.

]]> By: Mary http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/2010/02/chatting-about-a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years-by-donald-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Mary Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:05:52 +0000 http://www.susangaddis.net/blog/?p=1333#comment-173 So when do I get to borrow it??? ;-) So when do I get to borrow it??? ;-)

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