The Story

THE REST OF THE WAY

There was once a king who had a major disagreement with his son.

The son, feeling angry and misunderstood, gathered his belongings

and departed his father’s kingdom. The son traveled far away from

his father and settled in a distant kingdom. After many years had passed,

the king, missing his son greatly, sent word for his son to come home.

Although time had healed some of the pain,

the son could not bring himself to return to his father’s kingdom.

So he sent word that he would not come because it was too far to travel.

The king sent this reply to his son:

“Then come as far as you can, and I will meet you the rest of the way.”

This book is about meeting my older son the rest of the  way. To get there I had to travel a road filled with fear,

but I knew it was a road I had to take—one of my beloved sons was at the other end.

And so I did.