The reason

I am currently reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, and I must say, it is a phenomenal read. I highly recommend it. Not only do I think that Miller's writing style is very poetic and beautiful (and funny at times), but for some reason, I can identify with just about every situation illustrated in this book. I really think he has a lot of beneficial things to say, especially to people who think they have the world and Christianity all figured out. It is definitely a perspective-broadener. Here's an excerpt from him regarding his realization of his need for Jesus:

"I know a little of why there is blood in my body, pumping life into my limbs and thought into my brain. 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 are all being tempted by Satan, but I am preserved to tell those who do not know about our Savior and our Redeemer. This is why Paul had no questions. This is why he could be beaten one day, imprisoned the next, and released only to be beaten again and never ask God why. He understood the earth was fallen. He understood the rules of Rome could not save mankind, that mankind could not save itself; rather, it must be rescued, and he knew that he was not in the promised land, but still in the desert, and like Joshua and Caleb he was shouting 'Follow me and trust God!'"

-Blue Like Jazz, pages 100-101