Jordan Rippy

While I was in New York I finished reading The Shack by William Young. This book is amazing. It’s a fictional exploration of forgiveness and God’s love. I love how the author describes the relationship of the trinity. Even though I usually wouldn’t include quotes from fiction, a few lines really stood out to me:

• “I suppose that since most of hurts come through relationships so will our healing.”
• “Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book.”
• “I told you for later.”
• “To force my will on you,” Jesus replied, “is exactly what love does not do. Genuine relationships are marked by submission even when your choices are not helpful or healthy.”
• “Judgment is not about destruction, but about setting things right.”
• Learn to live loved.
• “It is not the nature of love to force a relationship but it is the nature of love to open the way.”
• Live in expectancy not expectation.
• If anything matters, than everything matters.