The Preservation of Don Miller

In keeping with our discussion on preservation, I ran across this interesting montage from Donald Miller in my re-reading of Blue Like Jazz:

I am wanted by God. He is wanting to preserve me, to guide me through the darkness of the shadow of death, up into the highlands of his presence and afterlife. I understand that I am temporary, in this shell of a thing on this dirt of an earth. I am being tempted by Satan, we all are being tempted by Satan, but I am preserved to tell those who do not know about our Savior and our Redeemer...

I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.

By the way, if you haven't read Blue Like Jazz... seriously, what's wrong with you? Do you hate God? How did you make it onto the Coram Deo launch team without reading this book? Go buy it!