'When people ask me what I do, I tell them I hang around burning bushes all day,' William Paul Young said, referring to the biblical story of how God spoke to Moses from a burning bush. 'You get to hear people's stories and you get to listen in on really precious, intimate things.'
Young said that from the start of his 'Shack' 'journey' he felt he was just going along for the ride with God.
As Young travels the world talking with people, something amazing has happened: the openness and vulnerability in his writing has helped people to open their hearts, stop hiding their failures, and overcome living in fear.
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I had the opportunity to read this book a few years ago...it is an amazing read. I must admit at one point I had to set the book down for a bit...not because it wasn't fantastic...but because this book hit so close to home with some of my own past abuse...it caused me to see that those areas in my life that were still so broken...needed to be dealt with once and for all...and to understand that God can use anyone and anything...even those events in our life that are so painful...and yes...even those of us that still carry the scars.
ReplyDeleteKristy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. I'm starting to realize that God can use the events in my life, like my parents' divorce, for good as well.
Take care,
Brant