Blue Like Jazz

One of my summer reads this summer was Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. I would recommend this book any day. I loved it. It's basically about Christianity...some of the issues people struggle with it and I think ultimately this book gave me a little deeper insight about my faith. One thing that stuck out to me in the book is this excerpt, "When I'm talking to someone there are always two conversations going on. The first is on the surface; it is about politics or music or whatever it is our mouths are saying. The other is either communicating that I like the person I am talking to or I don't. God wants both conversations true. That is, we are supposed to speak truth in love. If both conversations are not true, God is not involved in the exchange, we are on our own, and on our own, we will lead people astray. The Bible says that if you talk to somebody with your mouth, and your heart does not love them, that you are like a person standing there smashing two cymbals together. You are only annoying everybody around you. I think that is very beautiful and true."
I've never thought about conversations in this way. But I also believe this is true. I challenge myself and you guys to have true conversations. Sorry this is like a small book report but I had to share this with you guys.