Past, Present & Future.....

At the moment I am reading an amazing book called 'The Shack" - it is truly awesome. I have heard really mixed reviews about it but can honestly say I love it!!!

So I have got to a chapter where I honestly cant move on, I just keep reading it over and over again as different things keep leaping out at me so I decided to blog about them instead of keep reading them!

A character in the book asks the questions are humans supposed to live in the past, present or future? Also where do you/I live; past, present or future?

The book then talks about how much can be remembered by looking back into our pasts - but only for a visit and not an extended stay.

Also if you think, the future you imagine is usually without God and can sometimes be quite fearful. This character says 'without wisdom the imagination is a cruel task-master'. By imagining, you are trying to take power over your future, which actually is something that is unreal and probably wont be real either. You try to play God, imagining the evil that you fear becoming reality, and then you try and make plans and contingencies to avoid what you fear.

A person who lives by their fears will not find freedom in God's love...

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