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REVIEW - Through Painted Deserts
By daniel | March 25, 2006
Through Painted Deserts, by Donald Miller, is the followup to his other book, Blue Like Jazz, which I have also read and reviewed here. The book is a lot easier-going than Blue Like Jazz, and you really capture the author's heart as you go along. Admittedly, there is a melancholy throughout, but it is still good to read. Miller is a fabulous writer, especially in describing nature. Reminds me a bit of Rich Mullins, actually. Here's a quote from the book that I liked.
God bestows three blessings on man: to feed him like birds, dress him like flowers, and befriend him as a confidant. Too many take the first two and neglect the last. Sooner or later you figure out life is constructed specifically and brilliantly to squeeze a man into association with the Owner of heaven. It is a struggle, with labor pains and thorny landscape, bloody hands and a sweaty brow, head in hands, moments of severe loneliness and questioning, moments of ache and desire. All this leads to God, I think.
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