Book of the Day: The Shack

The Shack by William P. Young is a book about a father struggeling to understand his family, his wife, himself, and mostly God in the face of the worst tragedy a father could face. This is a rather unique approach to the struggle to accept God as The Almighty and to give Him control of your life in the depths and sorrows this earth can bring. The running undertone could be summen up by one word - relationship.

While The Shack is fiction, I was reeled in from the begining. I wouldn't say that this book offered up anything new or tried my relegious beliefs, but it did help remind me about the mysterious ways of God and the Holy Trinity. It did bring to light the way I tend to think about Jesus as being the compasionate voice, the Holy Spirit being the force of change, and God being the creator of all things.

The deeper reminder I took from this book is that God too is compasionate, afterall it was his compasion that sent Christ to die for my sins and that bad things happen to good people. We do not deserve all the bad that happens in a lifetime nor can we ever earn or perhaps comprehend all the good that God, our Creator, has put in place for and whithin us.

Again this book is fiction, religous fiction. This is in no way a substitue for the Bible and Christ's Church. This is a great book for anyone who has ever sturggled or is struggling to understand the difficuties of this life. I hope this book inspires you to maintain a dialogue with God, ask questions, seek answers, and listen to His word.

The relationship you have with God can most eaisly been seen and felt by the relationship you share with all of His creation (one another).