Theme Of Forgiveness In William P. Youngs The Shack

Imagine your loved one was taken from you forever even if you were trying to do the right thing at the time. When Mackenzie Allen Phillips’ goes on a family vacation, his life is changed forever. When trying to save his son he loses his daughter Missy and later finds out she is brutally murdered in a Shack. Then after four years of depression, Mack gets a note in his mailbox telling him to meet in the Oregon wilderness. In The Shack by William P. Young, focuses on forgiveness when Will shows how the character forgives everything thing that has happened to him. How Mackenzie’s shifts in character when in the beginning when he is depressed because of his loss and at the end of the story he forgives and comes to terms with the loss. The†¦show more content†¦In the beginning of the story when Mack goes to the shack we are told that the scenery changes from a cold wintery wilderness to a warm forest filled with life. God could have changed the scenery to anything b ut chose that knowing that it could help Mack. Showing that God does care and wants Mack to forgive. On top of that God refers to themselves as Papa the name that Missy called God to bring a more personal kind of atmosphere. God is trying to help Mack to be better and have a different way of thinking and to trust people again; such as family. On page 103 there is a quote said by the Holy Spirit â€Å" Humans have a great capacity for declaring something good or evil, without truly knowing† (Young,103)This mostly summarizes what Mack is feeling in the book. Mack feels that God is the villain in this story because God did not save his daughter Missy. Also, it relates to him on how he pushed his life away thinking that it was bad for him because he couldnt save his daughter for the man that killed her. He is living a life of regret and God notices and knows that God can change or fix that. God says later on page 146 â€Å" All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you.† (Young,146) God is saying that Mack should love like how she truly loves everyone and that she didnt have any control on what happened to Mi ssy. It seems like in the book God is basically