I have finished The Shack. And as I assumed, one of the messages I got from it was the a relationship with God is bigger than The Great Sadness. I will say that was a little different than I originally thought - I believed that lesson would be that God is bigger than the problem. But honestly it focused so much more on the relationship part. Along with that relationship aspect, it also talked about how that God doesn't need to be our number one priority. He needs to be at the center of everything. In most of the decisions I make, I at least think about what Nathan would think. And obviously get his opinion about many. It isn't just that he is a priority but he is in the center of everything. And that is the way my relationship with God should be. The book described it as God being "the center of a mobile, where everything in my life - friends, family, occupation, thoughts, activities - is connected" to him. Not a pyramid where he is at the top but has no direct connection to the things at the bottom.
Just a couple of other thoughts from the book: It did mention that faith does not grow in the house of certainty. How true is that! If you know, everyday, what is coming next, how can you ever develop a faith that is measurable? But one of my most favorite quotes from the whole thing (and I do plan on taking this one into the classroom) is, "my love is lot bigger than your stupidity." I was amused by that, but I am going to guess - as I continue to make the same dumb mistakes - that God's patience is tried by my stupidity a lot more than I would care to acknowledge!!!
I am now on to some mindless reading - and aren't you glad?
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