If you read my other blogs you will know that we lost a daughter late last September. Travelling since that time has been hard, difficult and slow going and there are days when we feel like we’re not moving forward at all and other days when we almost feel normal, but not quite. What is ‘normal’ anyway?
I’ve had several people tell me we should read “The Shack” and when I first heard what it was about briefly I felt that I did not want to read it at all. Too close to home. But as more and more people began to say we really should read it and that there are so many parallels with what we’ve been going through I began to think perhaps I really did want to read it. Our daughters gave it to me for Christmas and my head was buried in it for the next two days. I was more than 3/4 through it when I could already see and feel the healing that is inside this book. And such truths too.
What I’ve gotten out of it the most is that God doesn’t cause tragedies to happen, and whilst He doesn’t prevent them either, He does use them to work ‘incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies’. It’s early days for us yet but I do know that when suitable time has passed that God will help Graham and I to grow out of this suffering and that we may end up helping others either directly or indirectly because of our ability to share and love others.
This is one book I highly recommend that others read. There are surprises in it and it will speak to you on many levels. I loved it!
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I very much enjoyed this book! I was in a place of needing to forgive, and I needed to know how to personalize the Trinity. I love thinking about sitting at the lake with Jesus and sharing a laugh with Him!!
Kathie, I’m glad you found some healing from the book. Thanks for sharing. I think I am going to read it.
Thinking of you.