Truthfully, the cigarette wouldn’t tell me at all that he’s a bad Christian, it just tells me that he’s a self-absorbed human like the rest of us. Smoking is about them, and how Christians in general will judge them based on some rolled-up leaves. You see the thing is with people like Donald Miller in Blue Like Jazz, is they love that people look at their smoking and see it as controversial.
I don’t know why I’m going on this smoking rant, but I think I’m just gonna stick here for a while. Sure you can find 100 excuses to smoke in order to fit in with the sinners and witness to them, but I have never seen anyone say I want to gain 400 pounds either in order to fit in with the glutenous, or even for that matter, I want to dress like a nerd so I can fit in with them to witness to them. Anyways, I bring that all up because one of my pet peeves is being indifferent for the sake of indifference. I’m not going to go on a rant that smoking’s bad for you, but I am going to tell you that your creator has plans for your full life, and depriving your life of its full capability is showing you are a careless steward.
Now, don’t get me wrong, my own mother smokes and has been for the past 40 years, but let’s face the practicality of smoking versus the stewardship of one’s body. On that page, his profile picture shows him with a cigarette in his mouth. For instance, I came across his myspace page. Typically, that is not rare either considering 90% of people 25 and under are seeking an identity and seek something new, something unique, and maybe something rebellious. I also get the vibe in Blue Like Jazz that Donald Miller likes indifference. For instance, I can sit here and think about how I would contemplate suicide but not actually be thinking about killing myself. I think his mind wanders, and what he writes really happens in his mind, but I don’t think his thoughts can be taken seriously. I get this vibe that Donald Miller’s thoughts in his book Blue Like Jazz, are provoked exaggerations of what the reality is inside his head. Personally, I don’t think that quality is rare. Many people like the style of Donald Miller’s writings because Miller seems to admit out loud what most people are thinking in their heads. Don’t know how that makes any sense, but I understand what they mean. Ironically, those who relate to an author the most (People who are already exactly like the author), are the ones affected by his writings and are changed. It didn’t do that for me, but I think it did it for my friend because my friend lives his life exactly how Donald Miller lives his. My friend, who recommended the book to me said that it changed a part of his life. That was my first time reading one of his books. I had someone recommend this book to me, “Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller.
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