One of the books that I have read this semester outside of the classes that I am taking was The Shack. This book is a fictional story about the life of this man who has turned away from God because of the kidnapping and murdering of his daughter. In this book he meets God in his entirety when going back to the place where his daughter was killed, this place was called the shack. Through this man's interaction with God he gets to talk with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit who all bring different aspects of God becasue although they are three they are ultimately one being.
This man is angry, and has turned his back on God because he could not understand how God could let something like this happen to his daughter. God explains through many different ways that he does not do these bad things yet humans in their sinful nature do these things. God out of love allows us to live without being forced to do things but rather by making our own decisions in which he then works out of. What he was saying was not that God has to act through times of hardship but rather that he can work through even the worst aspects of life. This book was great because I got a new perspective of God that helpped to shape my spiritual perspective on life.
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