The Shack

This is my first post and I want to write something that is meaningful to me. Recently a friend suggested a book for me to read. She told me that it explained how God works in our world. Personally I have been going through a valley in my faith. I have been questioning what my faith really means to me and what I am supposed to do in this life. As a college student, over the past years I have learned much about the ongoing struggles that are being played out around the world. Millions are starving, sex trafficking is not limited to any one part of the world, corporations have put profit before mankind, a countless number go on each day not knowing if things are going to get better. The world is a dangerous place. With so many large problems, how can I do anything? This question has driven me to think, at times, that radical change needed to happen. After reading this book I was humbled to know that my purpose in this life is not to imagine the future as something I can create. Instead, I realize that the so called evils are not so much evil as they are part of a huge mess that only God can work out. I started to talk to God in a new way after reading this book. I no longer think about the future. It is the present that I strive to live in.