A Place called Blessing

Book Description:
Five-year-old Josh and his two older brothers lose their parents in a drunk-driving accident. A series of foster homes and a shocking tragedy eventually separate them, leaving Josh alone, angry, and distrustful of most everyone. At age eighteen, Josh strikes out on his own to find work. With only a high school education and few life skills, he is one step away from homelessness when Providence brings him to a place where he finds much more than physical shelter. For the first time in his life, Josh receives unconditional love and something every human being craves, the gift of "the blessing." The book includes an introduction and reader’s guide designed to identify and discuss the five elements of the biblical blessing that every person needs. Through the power of Josh's story, readers are shown how to give this gift to their children and others as outlined in the more than one million copy bestseller, The Blessing.

This book really made me realize how little I knew about foster care. Josh, the main character of the book, has a tradjic childhood and a horrible outlook on life. I do not personally know anyone who was in foster care, but it seriously has me considering hosting a child in my future. I could not believe how one family just gave Josh up when there was an accident. Josh was disposable to that family and others who fostered Josh.

The book also shows how each person can be shown unconditional love and how that changes lives. I really believe that everyone needs to apply these actions to their everyday life and with everyone who we come in contact with. We can make a different in the lives of our spouses, family, the bank teller, the grocery store bagger, a stranger who passes us on the sidewalk.
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