Lee Hedstrom

Love's Journey Home: Two Stories Lee Hedstrom

In whose arms do we fall when our lives seem to be falling into a bottomless pit? Where do we turn when life is handing us sour grapes? Most of us fall back on our family, or those around us that we call family. In this book we see two families in the center of a storm. How each family responds is the crux of these stories. How would we respond if we were in the same situation? Would we respond in anger and wrath, or would we respond with an attitude of love? Each of us must decide whether we will respond or react when we step into the storms which inevitably come. A family that genuinely cares for one another can weather the storms which come into all our lives because it takes more than one shoulder to bear the burdens sometimes. If there isn't family around, we have other forms of family; friends or Pastors are a good source of shoulder-sharing, too. Of course, Jesus is always near also. As we look into the circumstances surrounding our first family the most obvious fact that hits us is that they live in a worn down neighborhood. Violence is an everyday occurrence, and expectations concerning the children around the neighborhood are low. This is the story of a family which is a light in this place, and love is the center of their being. Can their love calm the impending storm? Will this love continue through the storm? When life becomes so overwhelming where can we find the strength to carry on? Learn from this family. See how they triumph over their biggest test, life. Our second family also is in the crucible of life, having circumstances come with tragic results. However, before that we see the transformation of a young man. He changes from a position of privilege and spoil to that of a person who truly loves someone else first. He becomes someone who was a child, thought like a child, and acted the part of a child, into a man, who thinks like a man, and acts like a man. Everyone who loves his wife and family, treats her well, gives wisdom and honor to each pe