Author: Mitch Kruse with Derek Williams
Published: March 7th 2010 by Credo House Publishers
Details: Hardcover, 316 pages
ISBN: 1935391313 (isbn13: 9781935391319)
My Thoughts
I had begun reading Restoration Road on the heels of an extended member of the family in the hospital, just having an emotionally trying week and bad weather to top it off and what I thought would be a book filled with discussions of automobiles (that I knew little about except that you turn the key to start it, fill it up with gas and if you hear funny noises, it’s usually not a good thing), instead came to be a time of hearing things that God needed to lay on my heart at just the right time.
Wrapped around the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32),Restoration Road, is an amazing story of the importance of living not a “head filled with knowledge of our Heavenly Father” but a life that is authentic and about personally living a real, thriving relationship with our Heavenly Father.
Filled with personal ancedotes and a heart-pounding moment that played a major influence in Mitch Kruse’s life that read like God had decided to throw a “whale” in Mitch’s path to lead him back to our Heavenly Father, Restoration Road is a deeply written, scripturally based and modern day “Prodigal” story that not only would women readers enjoy,but great to recommend to the men in our lives.
Restoration Road though isn’t about a he/she relationship or perspective, but goes much deeper about how we can get lost in today’s world, just like the Prodigal Son was lost in the biblical time setting that our Saviour shared with the people of biblical times.
It captured my attention the publisher’s description of Restoration Road,
Is there anything in your life that needs restoration? Like a classic car that needs restoration, each one of us must surrender our old basket case of a life to the Restorer who desires to return us to His original design.
As He disassembles and renovates the unrestored or self-restored components of our lives, piece by piece, we begin to reflect His inspiration fashioned from clay in the garden of Eden. Our greatest value is revealed when the Restorer uses us to restore authenticity to others who are lost from their original design.
Restoration Road offers a raw and honest glimpse into the unique story of Mitch Kruse. Ride along with Mitch as he drives you through a modern-day parable that began on a dirt road, reached the hallowed halls of the rich and famous, and eventually led to the forgotten alleys of the poor.
Mitch’s honest storytelling takes you step-by-step as he shares his tragedies, triumphs and truths about the wisdom he discovered along the way. He examines the parables and teachings of Jesus in the light of his own spiritual journey and offers real-life applications for readers who want to live restored to their authentic design in both ministry and marketplace.
Discover the Master Key that unlocks your heart, desires, and three resources of life to restore you to the most valuable commodity in today’s culture — authenticity, reflecting the design of the Designer. Every sale, every relationship, every task, every decision in your life will come down to unlocking the gate to Restoration Road toward the destination of life that is priceless.
The truth is, as I read, Restoration Road, it’s a reminder how, we all can get lost or distracted in our journey.
We may not be rubbing shoulders with the rich, but we do rub shoulders with our family, our friends, our church members, the people of our community and sometimes in the process, be it through personal loss, busyness, pride, whatever is the case, we too, can all get lost, but our Heavenly Father loves us and cares for us and seeks to return us.
For those who have fallen off the journey, our Father is there and yearns and calls for the fallen to come back so He could brush them off and restore them back to the beauty that He does see in all of us though we or others may not see it in us.
It is a reminder of
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17, New King James Version)
So if you are feeling broken, lost, unloved, or just maybe a little rusty, pick up Restoration Road and discovered for yourself, how much our Heavenly Father does and yearns to love you for you and to help you be restore to the beauty that He sees in you.
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looks like a great book!
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