Life Is Mostly Edges: A Memoir

The book brought tears to my eyes as I read his “What I'd do differently” having just learned that he had passed.

Having just finished Calvin Miller's memoir, I'm thankful to the Lord for his life, and even more for him having opportunity to write it down. While it was a good story, at several points I was struck with several convictions (as every good story ought to leave with us):
● Make sure you don't love “the things of God” in place of God himself. Make seeking Jesus your daily endeavor. It is him with whom you'll be spending eternity.
● The people we interact with are human beings, created in the image of God, and we ought always to treat them as such. To hell with the backbiting and intrigue, with gossip and disregard of other's lives. Let us tread carefully when rebuking or criticizing and not strain at gnats.
● We are called to serve those around us, but our first duty of service is to the wife and children God has given us. Let no other project cause you to sacrifice them on the altar of success. At the end of your life you will not wish you had spent more time pursuing an agenda.
● The world is so big, don't be so laser-focused that you only ever have time for the drive and miss all that's around you. Art, creativity, and leisure are not necessarily distractions from the mission, but are part of who we are. Did Shakespeare waste his life, or did he serve God and his fellow man?
● Often the deepest joys are manufactured in the laboratory of pain.
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