Comments on: A Story of Gifts – loosely based on Matthew 8

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:26:28 +0000

Willie

Infelizmente não sei escrever em Ingles,mas mesmo assim decidi deixar meu depoimento sobre a maravilha que eu pode ler.
Confesso que a historia de Missy mexeu muito com minha vida, felizmente não tive a mesma experiencia que seu amigo, mas muitas duvidas que ele tinha…eram as minhas também.Obrigada por compartilhar essa experiencia conosco.

By: odette

odette — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:51:23 +0000

When we try to do it on our own we fail – when we allow God to work through us, he succeeds…

By: celesti mills

celesti mills — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:23:13 +0000

I live in South Africa..thank you for the inspiration. As you know it’s been very tuff and cruel in south africa. I’m actually in a very sensitive position working at a doctor’s practice, where we deal with crime,hate,rape, violence every day. Today, I have to work with a mother who lost her 5 month old baby. They visited the doctor yesterday. The other day I have to hold a rape victim, 6 year old girl. So, reading the book help me sort of understanding which I only had questions for. Thank you. I still have questions, do you mind if I sometime share it with you?
thanx
Celesti Mills
South Africa

By: Cathy Mayo

Cathy Mayo — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:54:59 +0000

I am totally amazed at the way that you write. I’ve read The Shack and it touched me deeply. I am so going through the very thing that your Story of Gifts is talking about. I know without a doubt that “things” are being brought into the Light so that healing can take place in my life. And I am ready for that to happen. I can hear Jesus say to me “Together we can do this!!” Thank you for allowing Papa to use you in such a beautiful way.

By: Patricia Brown

Patricia Brown — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:45:48 +0000

Hi Paul,

I just read your Story of Gifts on your website. What a relief it is to me that I am not the only one who has such conversations with JESUS! I quit my Bible study this January because the author wanted us to agree that GOD hates when we grumble and our grumbling HURTS GOD!?! I was so confused and frustrated because I have been relating to GOD and JESUS and hearing from them like you have, but my small group members were not. GOD gave me scriptures to support my decision [2 Corinthians 6:17-18] and I chose to forgive the author in my heart after GOD took me to the last chapter of JOB. I have felt so humanly lonely in my journey because my husband refuses to accept JESUS. He also refuses to believe in heaven if he has to believe there is hell. But, I persevere because my husband has not been able to help me the way that GOD, JESUS and the HOLY SPIRIT have. I know I could not have come this far in my GOD journey if I could not have been honest with the trinity! GOD also showed me that at the beginning of Moses’ journey, he asked GOD to kill him! So I deduced that if it was OK for Moses to be that honest with GOD and GOD was not hurt by it, then it was OK for me to do the same! Then at the end of Moses’ journey, while he still was strong and had good eye sight, God decided it was time for Moses to die. Moses did not argue with GOD and demand to live. So I took that as a sign of maturity in Moses’ relationship with GOD. I’m so glad you PERSEVERED…thank-you!

Patricia Brown

By: Robert A. Nilles

Robert A. Nilles — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:52:37 +0000

I think what you write. How, fulfilling it must be to put down other people’s thoughts.

By: Shari

Shari — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:03:37 +0000

I just read A Story of Gifts – loosely based on Matthew 8. How important this is for me to grasp, as most days I feel completely cut into pieces trying to homeschool teens and little ones. The past year or more has been quite difficult but yes, these children are exposing that which I would otherwise desire to keep undercover in myself. It would be so much tidier to maintain the whole mainline Christian thing yet, those children pick at its cracks and holes exposing the vacuousness and vagueness of it all. Therefore, it is not possible to maintain if we are to be authentic.

I am half-way through The Shack, so much to ponder, absorb and meditate upon. Thank you for allowing God to use you!

Shari Lloyd

By: Linda Hulshoff

Linda Hulshoff — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:26:00 +0000

The Shack is the most amazing book I’ve read in a long time. Being raised in a strick religious household, I rebelled early and came back to Jesus in my twenties. However, I’ve always had the performance and damnation theory in my mind. This book has helped me release those feelings and accept I am loved just the way I am, the way he made me. What a reliefe to not have to be perfect!

In this story the quote from Jesus: “This is a journey not a performance and this is not about the destination as much as it is about the company you keep. It is quite an intricate process…this transformation. The battle is largely in and for your mind. Lies are often like slivers in the mind that have to work their way out over time.” really touched me. It’s all about adjusting my mind and refuting the lies I was taught as a child. Loving people, accept their faults as part of who they are, loving my neighbor as myself, no churchy expectations, what a glorious freedom! Thank you for The Shack, your writings and this web site. I am so looking forward to the movie – can’t wait!

By: Rod Ross

Rod Ross — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:02 +0000

I cried many times. Everyone needs to read this book. I am blessed.

By: Ellen Graham

Ellen Graham — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:01:36 +0000

When I listened to your interview with Steve Brown I pulled my car to a halt and cried. I felt your emotions while you were talking about your childhood. My own abuse started when I was four years old and lasted until I was eleven. I have huge knots in my throat and tears quickly flood my face when I tap into a book like yours. I have written a book about my childhood. The name is, Walk the Pretty Way Home. I wish you the best. God Bless, Ellen