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Tee hee hee, Big T came into the room while I was reading it and I was SOBBING. It is a beautiful story but you have to get through a sad start, just wanted to warn you. You seem to have a very sweet gentle spirit! I cry at every sappy commerical,movie, book...yep I am also crier...tee hee hee. But I also enjoy a lot of laughter!
It's the curse/blessing of possessing empathy! I'll let you know what I think of the book when I read it. I read fast, so I should be able to get it done in a day, but I probably won't be able to pick it up until tomorrow. From what my friend said today and what many of you have said on this board, I'm certain I'll come away with a lot to think about.
Uh-oh. I guess that means I better have the tissues ready before I start reading! I'm a crier when I read sad books or watch sad movies.
Christie, it really was a wonderful book, imo..I saw nothing in it that I think God would condemn us for ..It is great insight to anyone having trouble with understanding the term "trinity" because I have really never heard an explanation that was easily understandable..I think if I were a grieving parent the parts about Missy in the afterlife would have helped me find closure and release..
I agree Miss Blue. This book has helped me in a lot of ways. My relationship with God was strengthend because of it and I know others whom it has really made a connection with. All from a beautiful story from a father to his children. I just love that. I love the way the RELATIONSHIPS are portrayed in this book. Beautiful.
Christie, it really was a wonderful book, imo..I saw nothing in it that I think God would condemn us for ..It is great insight to anyone having trouble with understanding the term "trinity" because I have really never heard an explanation that was easily understandable..I think if I were a grieving parent the parts about Missy in the afterlife would have helped me find closure and release..
I think he did a pretty good job of explaining the three persons of the trinity as I have posted several posts in this thread about that, I won't repeat what has been said..I have no problem with your opinion, and I have to respect you for it, it just isn't mine
Christie, it really was a wonderful book, imo..I saw nothing in it that I think God would condemn us for ..It is great insight to anyone having trouble with understanding the term "trinity" because I have really never heard an explanation that was easily understandable..I think if I were a grieving parent the parts about Missy in the afterlife would have helped me find closure and release..
The friend who recommended it to me today had it recommended to her to help her deal with the untimely death of her husband. Don't worry, Miss Blue--I'm not deterred in the slightest by those accusing it of being blasphemous or heretical (if anything, it just makes me want to read it more . . . )
By the standards of some people on this board, I am a heretic. Thank goodness they don't burn people at the stake anymore (at least, not yet).
But I will definitely cry. I lost my father when I was 3, my stepfather right before I turned 12, and my mother in 2005 when I was 29. And none of those losses could ever prepare me for the loss of any of my children, so the premise of this book will definitely be very tough for me (tears are inevitable). But I also think that books like these, if it is what I think it is, can help those who are intimate with grief to cope better with the pain of it. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway.
I'll be sure to share my experience with the novel when I'm through reading it.
I just finished reading The Shack. Wow. There are so many things to say about this novel, but I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't read it, but I will say that it is profoundly moving and very thought-provoking.
Wow Christie...awesome. You can post about it. We have all through the thread! Did you need the tissues?
I cried on and off through the whole thing. The only part I felt kind of bad about at the end was that I know, where I am spiritually right now, that I couldn't have forgiven the man who killed his daughter the way he did. I hope one day I get to the place spiritually where I could do that, but I know that, at least at this moment, I haven't gotten to that place yet.
What was interesting for me on a personal level is that a lot of the concepts discussed in this novel (such as evil and darkness only existing in their opposition to goodness and light, which means that, in the current world-construct, you can't have one without the other) are ideas my husband and I have discussed for years but were wary of discussing with certain people we know--I get the impression that a lot of the people I've met on this board (like you little T) found the same thing when you read it. Did it make you feel less alone in your thoughts and questions, too?
Added to that, it raised some ideas that were wholly new and original to me, ideas that I can't wait to discuss with my husband, and with anyone else on here who's interested!
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i read it. good book. the mid book transition of some 5 pages was rough. kind of sloppy and smaltzy. the rest was good.
1st 1/2 was basic trama of a child snatching. the last 1/2 was classic explanation of evil and role of foregiveness for the christian.
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I cry at every sappy commerical,movie, book...yep I am also crier...tee hee hee. But I also enjoy a lot of laughter!
