insightful excerpt from To Own a Dragon, by Donald Miller
Dwight Eisenhower said his mother and father made an assumption that set teh course of his life- that the world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. Eisenhower’s parents assumed if their children weren’t alive, their family couldn’t function.
Though not some bible quote, i thought how interesting a statement this is. Miller talks about how one of the characteristics that marked Eisenhower’s life was his absolute belief that the world needed him and that if he didn’t exist and contribute it would fall apart. How incredibly polar opposite to how most of us think about ourselves!!! Set in the christian worldview of a creator who makes men and women not as errors or little assembly line dolls, but rather as unique, God-image bearing souls, with a purpose and a plan in this creation, the quote strikes a loud chord with me.