I just finished reading The Shack......hmmm......I have to say I didn't enjoy it. I know, I should have put it down, but I NEVER give up on a book, and I've read some pretty lousy ones. I actually finished Lovely Bones because I am so determined to finish a book. I believe God is to be glorified. I stand in AWE of Him! And, very, very grateful. God is portrayed as a woman in this book and the sort of gal you'd want to high 5. I felt like it was disrespectful. Just not my cup of tea.
Did you read it? What did you think?? Did you enjoy it? What did you take away from the book? What did I miss??
I'd love to hear what you thought.
Warmly,
Spencer
Hi Spencer. Thanks for coming to visit me yesterday! I tried to read The Shack but only got about 3/4 of the way through. Many people told me it was life changing and I just wasn't making that connection. I just put it away. I've wondered if I should go back to it but then I think, "Nah".
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Connie
I love this blog.i was going though some of your older post and loved them.I loved how you redressed yourdaughters dolls ,That was just presious.Hugs Marie Antionette
ReplyDeleteI had heard everyone talking about the Shack...but I'm like you...it felt disrespectful ...I had to make myself read it and finally stopped 3/4 ways thru. Other people said they couldn't put it down!
ReplyDeleteThe things they explained about grace, etc. were all true...just a strange way to go about telling it.
I know this is an old post (I can't help that I just discovered your wonderful blog, and I've spent the whole evening reading your postings and drooling over your pictures!), but I just had to join in on the Shack conversation. I have to admit that I loved the book but that's probably because I didn't see the portrayal of Papa-God as a woman as disrespectful. Instead, since the protagonist had suffered horrible abuse at the hand of his father and, therefore, had a difficult time relating to God as "Father," I saw Papa-God's meeting him in the form of a motherly figure as a picture of Papa-God's incredible, deep love for His children and His willingness to reach out to us in a way that enables us to recognize Him for Who He is. Isn't that what He did with His Son? Weren't there those who would've said that depicting God as a baby born to an unmarried teenager who was engaged to a blue collar worker who could only manage to provide a stable for her to give birth in? God in an infant, human body? A baby Who would take His first nap in a manger where animals ate? A baby Who would soil Himself just like every other human baby on the planet? Doesn't really make sense to us humans, does it? But that's what Papa-God did for us . . . He came to us as a human so that we might have a relationship with Him! Is that so very different from what happens in The Shack? Just food for thought, sweet sista. : )
ReplyDeleteI HATED this book...and you know I usually finish a book, you know give it a chance...I just could not...I just could not stand it..and found it to be so un-Biblical and watered down .....it was not for me and I NEVER would recommend it..
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