“Forgiveness is God’s command” (Martin Luther King Jr.). God says that every person deserves to be forgiven no matter what wrong they did, and every person should be quick to forgive. The action of forgiveness grows to become the major idea of the novel, The Shack, because Mack must forgive several important people in order to further his relationship with Christ. There are many cases throughout the novel where Mack must learn to forgive those who have hurt him deeply to better himself and his relationship. Research and multiple cases have continued to prove that forgiveness is a key aspect to maintaining a content life. William P. Young’s novel, The Shack, ties in this main goal of forgiveness and portrays the overall theme of forgiveness through the actions of Mack forgiving God, his father, and Missy’s killer.
To begin, forgiving someone who caused severe pain and hurt can be hard, but it is definitely not impossible. Nearly every person in the world has been hurt …show more content…
In the novel, The Shack, Mack forgives God for letting Missy get abducted and murdered. Although Mack finds it tough to forgive the brutal murderer, he comes to the conclusion that forgiving God is the best choice he can make for himself and his family. It is never actually mentioned in the book that Mack says “I forgive you” to God, but the reader can infer by Mack’s actions that he releases the grudge he had against God. When Mack is becoming ready to leave the shack, he says, “And I really do believe that you will never leave me or abandon me, so I am not afraid to go back” (Young 258). Mack begins to fully trust in Papa’s love he has for him, and Mack realizes that Papa will never leave him. This makes it evident that Mack has forgiven God for letting his daughter be abducted and murdered. Mack also now understands that even when he felt that he had no one, Papa was with him the whole