Convenient light blubs

So I met Donald Miller Last night, there are probably a lot of great blogs that start that way. The main thing he talked about was two things boys growing up without fathers and how important conflict is in our life. He said that people really learn from pain. And conflict is important for our lives. The interesting thing to to me is that this is something that we don't want in our life, but every time we conquer it we feel better so if it was never there we wouldn't have the joy. As I write about this he also said that we don't learn anything from joy or happyness. I don't really agree with this because we learn this which is I'm glad that's over with. But I get what he's saying because we don't learn a lot from having joy. Joy is great and it is everlasting but we really learn from the conflict that made the joy and sometimes this conflict is a great thing that is happening to us. I had to overcome some conflicts when I got married, when we did get married it was amazing I've never had a feeling like that before it was like a dream really. Heather felt the same way too. And now that I'm married it's hard and it's easy and that's how life is it's hard and sometimes it's easy but it's fun. I like my life, there are times when we won't like life we won't like what God is doing in our lives we might become mad at God for it. But being mad at God doesn't do anything good for us it just makes us feel worse.

So I like what Donald Miller said, we do deserve conflict in our lives it makes it interesting. We also deserve happyness and Joy for it comes from God. Conflict comes from God, God is always testing us to make us stronger to make us more like him more like Christ. Less of me and More of him in our lives. We decrease so that he will increase.

So conflict is a good things it's not something we should welcome in our lives but we should always love a challenge. God is our Challenger.

I got my books signed by Donald Miller I had had them for years one for two and one for three. Blue Like Jazz is the only book I have ever read twice and it's great, but it' not really about anything specific it's about Don's life and his testimony, He's got it being made into a movie for sometime now I guess that really is a long project. I have something in common with him we both sit around in our boxers and write stories it's fun I don't watch Oprah and eat ice cream, but I won't condemn for that, I mean whatcha gonna do? And yes I am wearing pants now. But it was a great night I use the word but way too much in this, Susan Issacs was great and hilarious I had never heard of her before I bought the ticket but she was great. I met her too. Got to see Adam and Bethany there they were great they're getting married on saturday Heather and I are going and a lot of other people are going too it should be a great wedding. So great night good jokes, a lot of learning going on, good books to read. If you want more information on the million miles tour or Donald Miller you can go to donaldmilleris.com or bluelikejazz.com or amillionmiles.com.