Looking back over this past week I am again awed at what Father is doing. I know I mention it a lot but here it goes again. The stories I am having the privilege to hear from those I have shared The Shack with or people that have come across the book in other ways just humble me and at the same time make me want to shout.
Stories open windows. The stories being told by those I know having been touched by Mack's story are opening locked windows that many have been afraid to open. Prison doors for some are being flung open wide...for others who are carrying many scars and much pain they are hesitantly taking chances they have been afraid to take for a long time. Feelings of, "Do I dare believe that the God I have lived in fear of is as caring as he is revealed in Papa?"
The proclamation of what God has done spreads hope to others that have been buried under the weight of hopelessness that this world has dumped on them. The author of The Shack shared Mack's story which was in a sense a way of him telling some of his story. I'm hearing other stories on almost a daily basis from people that I have shared my story with and in turn shared this little book with Mack's and Paul's story, and I am so blown away by the outcome. Some people on a deep level are being touched by God and others are finding the courage and hunger to seek God again, or for the first time, so as to know him.
One of my clients heard a co-worker telling a story about The Shack the other day and my client said to me; "I am intrigued by what they are talking about." It opened a door with my client to tell some stories. He told me he was going home to order The Shack. I look forward to seeing him next month. I sense there will be some more story telling going on.
Isn't this what relationship is about?
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Yep :D
Who was it who said something about how the hearts of the next generation will only be captivated by story?
We're all so starved by dry dusty left-brain-only intellectualising - how refreshing it is to walk in story gardens instead :)
I've started rereading The Shack again. I find these days I tend to skip all the stuff at the start just to get to the good stuff :)
Sue, I jump over it most times now also. I went back and read In The Belly Of The Beast Yesterday.
Well like that is a big surprise with Yesterday's blog post being from that chapter.
I went to a friend's home today to help her decide how to landscape her backyard to make it more private. She is one of the gang that walked out of the religious system 18 years ago together. We don't see each other all that much anymore and when I asked her if she could believe it had been that long she almost fell out of her chair. After talking about the garden design stuff we sat for 2 1/2 hours talking about what Father is doing in our lives today (telling stories) and I think we both cried a good part of that time. I love people's stories.
I was also thinking while at work today, I am a Hairstylist. I have been immersed in stories for 24 years now. This past year and a half, these conversations and stories have just so challenging and stretching. And so much fun.
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