Very Interesting...

I finished reading Donald Miller’s To Own a Dragon this morning. I liked the book. It gives its readers a glimpse into the hearts and minds of the millions of “fatherless” people in our world. Miller’s father left when he was a kid, which gives him significant insight into the subject.


John Eldridge wrote that in all of the times that our earthly fathers were not there for us; our Heavenly Father was there for us. My life changed when I came to understand this truth. Donald Miller confesses that, “The feeling a person who grows up without a father is that God is disinterested.” Miller admits that he knows this is not the truth, “But there is a doubt, you know, a feeling He is somehow removed.”

Miller recounts a conversation with a friend that helped him understand that God is NOT disinterested in him. His friend told him of God’s hesed, His “loyal love”. The friend also explained to Miller how God delights in the prayers of his people. “So, God isn’t disinterested?” asked Miller. “Not at all" his friend replied, "Not with the God of Scripture, Don.”