The Shack by William P.Young is one fiction I would recommend you to read.
It is more than a book. It has the ability to heal your broken heart especially if you have just lost a loved one and struggled with your Christian faith in loving & trusting God in your life. Undoubtedly, it answers & deals with boldness on huge issues at the most personal level. God, Jesus and the Holy spirit is personified and The Trinity is amazingly portrayed outside of the typical stereotype.
Quite frankly, I never realise how much inner healing I needed until I read this book. It was left sitting on the bookshelf after Josh read & raved about it. I was deliberately avoiding to read it because I knew deep in my spirit that God will (& HE has) speak to my heart through The Shack. Finally I mustered enough courage to bring the book along in my last business trip & I never regretted. With tears in my eyes, throbbing pain in my heart & most of all a deeper longing yearn for the Lord's presence....I completed the book within a short span of 4hrs.
Missy reminded me of Seth. A son whom I lost while he is only 10 wk old when i mis-carried in 2006. I knew he is a boy because the Lord revealed that to me when I was wheeled into the surgery room. It was there where he waved goodbye & smiled, that shattered my heart. 1.5yrs later, God graciously blessed me with Nadine who is a healthy 16mth old girl today. Nonetheless, Seth will always be Nadine's elder brother, my son & a precious child of God. After reading The Shack, I am once again assured that Seth is with Jesus & there he is, well loved, protected & blessed in the presence of God.
God's love is unconditional. Honestly, I am not sure if I will ever comprehend the depth of His love for me in my lifetime. Especially when tragedy strike, the first reaction is to doubt & be angry but It takes a deep relationship with Papa to develop that innermost trust & faith to trust that regardless of what happens in life...the good, bad and ugly, God still care, He still love & He has a purpose for everything.
Read The Shack to renew your love & rekindle that relationship with the Lord. Apart from Him you can do nothing and you ain't anything but with Him, you can be assured that He never leaves or forsake us...not even when He seemed to be far away because He is not. Take that path of faith & trust God to restore you again as He always does, faithfully
Friday, April 10, 2009
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