FORGIVENESS AND THE SHACK

Christian fiction. An oxymoron? To some extent. The Left Behind series, an exception, at least for me. Add to that William P. Young's The Shack.

I know there are many that may disagree. Much comes from the non-biblical portrayal of the trinity in Young's book. The Holy Spirit is given a human form and called Sarayu. Jesus lies on His back with the main character and looks in wonder and awe at the stars. And The Father God is a Black woman who spends much of Her (?) time cooking. I can't reveal anymore. To many, that's probably too much. In fact I considered deleting the trinity part because I'm afraid I may have portrayed Young in a negative, even blasphemous light.

If I did so, it's my fault, not the author's. It's just so difficult to explain how lovingly and trinity-like that they are illustrated in such as unusual, untraditional way. They walk Mack, the main character, through the grieving process. He struggles. They're there.

It's a book about forgiveness. It's a book about acceptance. It's a book I recommend highly.

I wonder if it was coincidence or Providence that the bookmark I picked up and used through my reading was from my daily devotionals that stated Psalm 30:2. "O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me." Read the book and see how Mack needed the triune God for that purpose.