Mister God, This is Anna!
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engh_2016Mister God, This is Anna is a non – fiction novel written by the author Fynn or Sydney George Hopkins and was published in 1974. The book revolves around the story of a 4 year old runaway orphan girl child – Anna who is found on the streets by 19 year old Fynn. Anna starts a new life at Fynn’s house where she is given shelter and treated like family. Fynn is the closest to Anna and treats her like a younger sister and their times together are filled with delight and discovery. Anna has an astonishing ability to ask--and to answer--life's largest questions. Her total openness and honesty amazes all who know her. She seems to understand with uncanny certainty the purpose of being, the essence of feeling, and the beauty of love. He teaches her everything he knows and he can and though Anna takes time to grasp and develop an understanding of things, once she does understand, she comes up with observations which are exceptionally brilliant and surprising for her age. Even though she has been through so much in life at such a tender age, she does not stop believing in God or ‘Mister God’ as she refers to him. Though she believes church is for babies, she shares a bond and connection with God which is extremely deep and more of friendship and companionship. The book talks about Anna’s simple yet amazing perspective of religion, God, love, life and friendship. Even though she dies at a young age of 7, she leaves a deep impression on Fynn who after a long time of mourning, decides to write a book and tell the world an amazing story of a young girl and her best friend, Mister God.
“Anna had bypassed all the non essentials and distilled centuries of learning into one sentence: "And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don't forget to love yourself." The whole business of adults going to church filled Anna with suspicion. The idea of collective worship went against her sense of private conversations with Mister God. As for going to church to meet Mister God, that was preposterous. After all, if Mister God wasn't everywhere, he wasn't anywhere. For her, churchgoing and "Mister God" talks had no necessary connection. For her, the whole thing was transparently simple. You went to church to get the message when you were very little. Once you had got it, you went out and did something about it. Keeping on going to church was because you hadn't got the message or didn't understand it or it was "just for swank".”
_______________________________________________Mister God, This is Anna – Fynn
The book takes one through a beautifully written and well expressed journey of emotions, love, friendship and belief. It is engrossing and provides an altogether different perspective of God and life. The book is an emotional roller coaster ride and is deeply moving. The book talks about God and religion from a very different perspective and talks about forming a deep connection with God which is beyond all the rituals, idol worship, and also that one does not need a mediator to connect with God. We are generally taught that God is a fatherly figure and that does creates a sense of fear among people and more than loving Him, they start fearing Him, but Anna’s relationship with God is of friendship and companionship and she never fears Him but loves Him. Also the book proves that to gain wisdom and to be wise, age is never a factor but just a number and this is shown when little Anna teaches Fynn so much about life, belief, faith and relationships.
“Anna had bypassed all the non essentials and distilled centuries of learning into one sentence: "And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don't forget to love yourself." The whole business of adults going to church filled Anna with suspicion. The idea of collective worship went against her sense of private conversations with Mister God. As for going to church to meet Mister God, that was preposterous. After all, if Mister God wasn't everywhere, he wasn't anywhere. For her, churchgoing and "Mister God" talks had no necessary connection. For her, the whole thing was transparently simple. You went to church to get the message when you were very little. Once you had got it, you went out and did something about it. Keeping on going to church was because you hadn't got the message or didn't understand it or it was "just for swank".”
_______________________________________________Mister God, This is Anna – Fynn
The book takes one through a beautifully written and well expressed journey of emotions, love, friendship and belief. It is engrossing and provides an altogether different perspective of God and life. The book is an emotional roller coaster ride and is deeply moving. The book talks about God and religion from a very different perspective and talks about forming a deep connection with God which is beyond all the rituals, idol worship, and also that one does not need a mediator to connect with God. We are generally taught that God is a fatherly figure and that does creates a sense of fear among people and more than loving Him, they start fearing Him, but Anna’s relationship with God is of friendship and companionship and she never fears Him but loves Him. Also the book proves that to gain wisdom and to be wise, age is never a factor but just a number and this is shown when little Anna teaches Fynn so much about life, belief, faith and relationships.
