THE SHACK
Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
By William P. Young. Hodder & Stoughton. 254 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-0-340-97949-5
When Isaiah was called to take a divine message to Israel, he saw ‘the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted’ (Isaiah 6.1). His reaction was one of immense awe and fear, as he appreciated with great force his own sinful state before an almighty and holy God. His response was entirely in harmony with the Lord’s response to Moses, where Moses was told: ‘You cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live’ (Exodus 33.20).
As I remembered these passages from the Bible, I shuddered with horror as I reached one third of the way through William Young’s book, The Shack. Up to that point it was easy to get caught up with the very moving and well-written story about a family passing through extreme tragedy and pain, as their youngest child is kidnapped and brutally murdered.
