One Central Conviction

In August 1988 Jack Miller wrote to a pastor in Ireland. He said at one point:

One central conviction has come to me: it is that pride and self-centered ambition crowd the love of God out of my life. Therefore I constantly need to repent of pride and self-importance and to have the love of God as seen in the golden message of grace crowd out wicked stuff like self-importance. I pray; I believe; Lord, help me with my unbelief!

--The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters of Jack Miller (P&R, 2004), 62