“I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes.After that I liked jazz music.Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened.”
— Donald Miller
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"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve... Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself." — Donald Miller. Have you ever struggled to find beauty in life's unanswered questions, only to find peace by watching someone else surrender to the mystery? Share a time when someone else's passion changed your perspective on life's uncertainties in the comments below!
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Life rarely follows a neat, predictable sheet music. Often, we find ourselves searching for resolution—a clear ending, a guaranteed answer, or a tidy conclusion to our struggles and unanswered questions. Like the meandering notes of jazz, existence can feel improvisational, chaotic, and entirely unresolved. We resist the uncertainty because it makes us uncomfortable, longing for the safety of a song that always returns to its home chord. Yet, transformation often happens not when our questions are answered, but when we witness someone else surrender to the beauty of the unknown. When we see a soul deeply immersed in their passion—eyes closed, trusting the process—we catch a glimpse of grace. We realize that meaning isn't found in the final resolution, but in the courage to play the notes in between. Through witnessing authentic devotion in others, our own hardened hearts soften, teaching us how to love not just the certainties of life, but its beautiful, unscripted mysteries.
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