Shaking "The Shack"

OK, around here everyone is reading the book The Shack and they are loving it. Me- not.

While I do enjoy the attempt of the author to challenge our thinking, I personally am not impressed. Why? Because I see God as much bigger and greater. I don't want to be buddies with God. I want to to be so in awe of Him that I simply need to fall in reverence. And, I do feel that way often.

One of my friends asked me, "Doesn't that make you feel at a distance from him, aloof and that God is untouchable?" No, it really does not. I see God as mighty, powerful, yet very approachable. Do I have times of doubt, fear, etc? Yes, but a dancing God does not change my fears. I want a God that is powerful enough to change lives, the world and mankind: but approachable and loving. My god is that kind of God, but I am not even on the same plain as him. I can sit and enjoy his company; but not as a "buddy" or "friend" - as a daughter. I am family.

I am reading The Shack, and think it has some great points, but for me I want something deeper. I take my God. A god that rules, loves and is higher than I. A god wiser than I can understand but closer than mankind. Now that's a God I can spend time with!