Revisiting The Shack: Ch.10: “Wade in the Water”
Fear of Water Jesus and Mack take off for their picnic at the lake. Mack is stunned when he learns Jesus intends for them to walk across the lake to their destination. When Mack (understandably) has difficulty taking that first step on to water Jesus asks him what he is afraid of. Mack gives a variety of answers but finally Jesus asks him a seemingly random question: “. . . do you think humans were designed to live the present or the past or the future?” He follows that up by making it personal and inquiring of Mack where he spends most of his time in his imagination. “I su...