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DONNARENEE
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« on: April 12, 2010, 04:13:21 AM »

WHEN ARKANSAS KATV NEWS ANCHOR, ANNE PRESLEY, WAS MURDERED I HAD NEVER HEARD OF "THE SHACK". HER PUBLIC DEATH BROUGHT THIS WONDERFUL BOOK TO LIGHT FOR ME. I BOUGHT IT & I READ IT. MY OWN MOTHER WAS MURDERED AT THE AGE OF 48, NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS 25 & I STILL REEL FROM THAT LOSS. ALTHOUGH I TRUSTED GOD....I WAS ANGRY....CONFUSED. I HAD SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS....SO MANY FEELINGS OF ABANDONMENT, ANGER & I SHOOK MY FIST AT GOD & BLAMED HIM FOR NOT INTERCEEDING & PROTECTING HER. JUST LIKE MAC DID IN THE BOOK. I SURE HAD NEVER LOOKED AT GOD AS ANYTHING BUT THE BOSS. THE BIG ANGRY, JEALOUS CREATER IN THE SKY WHO CREATED US ALL & THEN TURNED IT ALL LOOSE TO FALL WHERE IT MAY....KINDA LIKE MAC. I CRIED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE LAST 8 CHAPTERS. I KNOW MY MOTHER IS IN HEAVEN. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMEN WHO DID NOT DESERVE TO BE BRUTALLY MURDERED ( WHO DESERVES IT...RIGHT?) AND I KNOW GOD KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN. I JUST WISH HE'D HAVE BETTER PREPARED ME. I CAN TRULY SAY THAT ALTHOUGH " I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TOMORROW HOLDS...I KNOW WHO HOLDS MY HAND (& I BELIEVE WHO COLLECTS MY TEARS)." THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE & I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. THE BIBLE IS TOO COMPLICATED. IT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED FAR TOO MANY TIMES FROM FAR TOO MANY FOREIGN TONGUES BY MEN. I AM NOT SAYING IT IS NOT VALUABLE, IT IS JUST SO MUCH EASIER TO READ THE SHACK & GET THE JIST  angel
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 05:48:22 PM »

Hi there, DonnaRenee, and a very warm welcome to the Shack forum and the beautiful family that is here.  I am so sorry for the awful murder of your mother in such a senseless way.  But I also rejoice that "The Shack" has so positively impacted your life for good, and that it has changed your life.  I do hope you will stick around and be a regular part of this wonderful place on the net.  Remember, the more you post, the more areas of the forum will open up to you.
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 05:57:16 AM »

Hi DonnaRenee,
Welcome to the Shack forum and family,
So sorry to read that about your Mother, and your right no one deserves that NO ONE
Glad that the Shack was able to help you

look forward to learning more about you and getting to know you
take care
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 06:29:27 PM »

Cheesy THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE WARM WELCOME. SOUNDS LIKE A BLESSED GROUP OF FOLKS HANG OUT HERE. I AM SURE I WILL POP IN FROM TIME TO TIME. TIL THEN, GBWUA & TAKE CARE!
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 07:03:19 PM »

Hey DONNARENEE... welcome... I feel like I could have written a lot of the words you wrote... losing your mother... that is bad enough, but losing her to murder must have been devastating... you must have been kicked to the ground emotionally... and I know that one day or twenty years... the pain is still there... murder is the ultimate betrayal... and I sometimes wonder if any rationalization about what god is... or what the meaning of life is... can justify that kind of hurt and pain and suffering... I just shake my head and sigh...

I hope you will stay here... I lost 4 friends to murder... two of them just small children...  would like to hear more about how you have dealt with it over the years... I hope you will come back and talk with us some more...

Much Love Always Joe...
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 09:36:36 AM »

 WELCOME DONNARENEE.


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