Donald miller has such a funny and endearing way to put things sometimes…
“And I wonder what it sounded like to God when Jerry Falwell went on television and said the reason the twin towers were hit by those planes was because there were homosexuals in the building. I wonder what kind of annoying squeak that was in God’s ear. I don’t think a person who makes statements like that fears God. I don’t think people like this respect God when He says to love your brother, love your enemy, turn the other cheek, don’t judge lest you be judged, be patient, be kind, hold your tongue and give every effort to keep the bonds of peace…I don’t think they actually fear Him or think He means what He says.
I was pleased to discover the God of Scripture is much larger than this. Everybody who met God in the Bible was afraid of Him. People were even afraid of the angels, so the angels always had to calm people down just to have a conversation. I would think that would be very annoying if you were an angel, always having to settle people down just to talk. It makes you wonder if the first thousand years in heaven will have us running around screaming like we would during an earthquake, the whole time God saying to us in an enormous, booming voice, Calm down, calm down, will you, it’s just Me.”
(Searching for God Knows What)
Yeah people like ole Jerry are something else. You know it would be funny if we were all freaking out up there in Heaven and running around. I never thought of that. Of course, you know if I saw an angel right now I would be totally freaking out. I can see why people did when angels came to them.
This is why I love you girlie!
So I discovered your blog on your facebook in the course of my routine stalking of new friends… and this is one of my favorite parts of that book. Donald Miller’s pretty dang awesome.