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
