Shack quotes

Look out-I found a whole bunch of quotes from "The Shack"! My hand is tired from writing them all down! Some are thoughts, but most of them are quotes.

Never been fond of institutions, he is all about relationships

Love never forces anything or anyone into a relationship

"Don't go because you feel obligated. That won't get you any points around here. Go because it's what you want to do."  -J

"I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later...when you're ready."  -Papa

"Will you at least consider this: when all you can see is your pain, perhaps then you lose sight of me?" -Papa

"Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around...you, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around. Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly. And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place."  -Papa

"The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth degree, factoring in all the goodness they can perceive, which often isn't much, and then call that God. And while it may seem like a noble effort, the truth is that it falls pitifully short of who I really am. I'm not merely the best version of you that you can think of. I am far more than that, above and beyond all that you can ask or think."  -Papa

"Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself--to serve." -Sarayu

"I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside out. It's not my purpose to punish it, it's my joy to cure it." -Papa

"The real underlying fear I your life, Mackenzie, is that you don't think that I am good. If you knew that I was good and that everything--the means, the ends, and all the processes of individual lives--is all covered by my goodness, then while you might not always understand what I am doing, you would trust me."  -Papa

"Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved."  -Sarayu

"You have (judged). You have judged them worthy of love, even if it cost you everything. That is how Jesus loves."  -The Judge

"Give up being his judge and know Papa for who he is, Then you will be able to embrace his love in the midst of your pain, instead of pushing him away with your self-centered perception of how you think the universe should be."  -The Judge

"The darkness hides the true size of fears and lies and regrets...The truth is they are more shadow than reality, so they seem bigger in the dark, when the light shines into the places they live inside you, you start to see them for what they are." -J

"Have you noticed that in your pain you assumed the worst of me?"  -J

"Most roads don't lead anywhere...but I will travel any road to find you."  -J

"Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth only has one mode of being." -Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me."  -Papa

"Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors."  -Papa

"It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way." -Papa

"Paradigms power perception and perceptions power emotions." -Sarayu

"The idea behind expectations requires that someone does not know the future or outcome and is trying to control behavior to get the desired result. Humans try to control behavior to get the desired result. Humans try to control behavior largely through expectations. I know you and know everything about you. Why would I have an expectation other than what I already know? That would be foolish. And because I have no expectations, you never disappoint me."  -Papa

"I just don't want a piece of you and a piece of you life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to give me the biggest piece, that is not what I want. I want all of you and all of every part of your day." -Papa

"If anything matters, then everything matters."  -Sarayu