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I have to be honest; Christian Fiction or Christian Literature for that matter hardly finds it’s way to the top of my ‘have-to-read’ book list. I caved in, however, at the insistence of a fellow sports enthusiast (Go Wizards!) that ‘The Shack’ by William P. Young was an awesome book.

I concur; it was! BUT.

Little did I know, it was fate that lead me to reading ‘the Shack’. A few weeks after picking the book up at my local bookstore a cold January afternoon, I received a call that my best friend died in a vehicular accident. I was devastated.

At the risk of giving away the story of ‘the Shack’, the author told the story of the tragic loss of a daughter who’s father, because of this tragedy struggled to reconcile his relationship with God, or rather, who he thought God was. Understandingly, there was a profound sadness in his heart and like me, he was angry with God.

I would not delve further into the book because I’d rather that you read it yourself, but I would go as far as to say that it is a great read if circumstances  in your life have created a rift in your relationship with God.

For me, it has helped, or rather, it is helping me put into perspective the tragic loss of my best friend, something that is difficult to do, but something that I am successfully doing. It is also helping me see God’s love and grace in this tragedy.

Sometimes I think about how the act of reluctantly picking up that book that cold winter afternoon was part of or the start of a journey that included my own tragedy, a shocking loss. Shocking was the loss, but more shocking perhaps was that I would have been able to so profoundly relate to the main character of ‘The Shack’. God set things in place, knowing that I needed that book, weeks before my own tragedy.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” Isaiah 55:8

Akhenaton

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Link- The Shack Book (Official Web site)