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William P. Young

William Paul Young (born May 11, 1955) is a Canadian author. He wrote the novels The Shack, Cross Roads and Eve.

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. . . humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.

Created, Intention, Intentions, Limitations, Mean, Shack

It's quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined by your bias, the surface appearances fade away until they simple no longer matter. That is why Elousia is such a wonderful name. God, who is the ground of all being, dwells in, around, and through all things-ultimately emerging as the real-and appearances that mask that reality will fall away.

Determined, Fall, Quite, Real, Simple

Nothing in life is ritual.

Life, Life Is, Nothing, Ritual

Emotions are the colors of the soul.

Color, Colors, Emotion, Emotions, Soul

Did I hear God call me an idiot?

Call, Call Me, God, Hear, Idiot

Every human being is a universe within themselves. Your mother and father participated with God to create a soul who would never cease to exist. Your parents, as co-creators, supplied the stuff, genetics and more, uniquely combined to form a masterpiece, not flawless but still astounding; and we took from their hands what they brought to us, submitting to their timing and history and added what only we could bring to them -- life. You were conceived, a living wonder who exploded into being.

Added, Astounding, Father, Hands, Mother, Submitting

You are free to love without an agenda

Agenda, Agendas, Free, Love, Same Love, Shack

Healing is as incremental and mysterious as the damage. . . what took time, takes time.

Damage, Healing, Mysterious, Takes, Took

I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you. ' 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.

Degree, Fall, Merely, Think, Thinking, Who I Am

Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name.

Free, Name, Names, Set, Truth, Truth Will Set You Free

If anything matters, then everything matters.

Everything, Matter, Matters, Shack, Shack Book

You. . . 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 wing and removing its ability to fly. . . A bird is not defined by being grounded but by his ability to fly. Remember this, humans are defined not by their limitations, but by the intentions I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image. Love is NOT the limitation; love is the flying. I AM love.

Created, Fly, Love, Love Is, Mean, Wings

In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book.

Ancients, Book, Communication, Completely, Controlled, Voice

I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.

Affection, Believe, Deep Affection, Grace, Inspiration

Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence

Broken, Father, Lacking, Necessary, Parenting, True

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.

Barely, Broken, Children, Parent, Parents

I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can. . . That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.

Come, Jobs, Letting Go, Space, Writing

I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.

Disciplines, Names, People, Religion, Thinking, Tired

I am especially fond of you.

Fond

It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology about performance -- that you can perform your way into the appeasement of the deity. And you know, when you're born inside the cultural framework that I was, and you're born inside the religious traditions that I was, that becomes your understanding of spirituality: That it's about trying to please God. So, it's really not about God at all; it's about our ability to perform according to whatever the expectations are.

Expectations, Mythology, Relationship, Religious, Traditions, Understanding

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