http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/08/20/the-shack/
I was drawn to the "Been Thinking About" blog, hosted Mart De Haan. The entry I noted above, is the one today's thought comes from. He was commenting on the best selling novel, "The Shack."
Today's thought is this, "In disappointment, you either become softer towards God or bolder in your independence." There's really no gray area in this. In addition, only you and God can truly know if you're becoming softer or bolder. Although I often find myself vacillating between the two places. We are so good with the art of Human Doing that we can mask the truth of our soul to others, and some (I include myself in this) can be very good at denying the souls state of affairs even to ourselves.
Though I never actually read the book, discussions with others have formed my understanding that the crux of the book is all about releasing our ideas about God and His ways and allowing Him to enter into relationship with us on His terms. I wonder how this relationship would change from my perspective if I were to allow my disappointments to make me softer towards God. Interesting thought!
