Even more of The Shack
Dear God I am gonna blog this whole book if I am not careful.
“Well I really have no idea. I mean, you’re God and I’m not.” He couldn’t keep the sarcasm out of his voice, but she ignored it completely.”
Yes but not exactly. At least not in the way you’re thinking. Mackenzie, I am what some would say ‘holy, and wholly other than you.’ The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth degree, factoring in all the goodness they can perceive, which often isn’t much, and then call that God. Abd while it may seem like a nobel effort, the truth is that is falls pitifully short of who I really am. I’m not merely the best version of you that you can think of. I am far more than that, above and beyong all that you ask for or think.”