Almost Home: Setting Our Sights Towards Heaven

A young boy and girl, born worlds apart, chased the promise of the good life—the American Dream—only for the lives they carefully built to fall apart in the wake of divorce. Almost Home shares the truth of God’s promises, his power to rebuild lives and transform hearts. Almost Home shares how two broken families joined together in holy matrimony and God’s healing. David Steen takes readers through one family’s journey of remarriage, building a home, growing a family, selling a house and pursuing life on a farm, all while pursuing the believers’ true home—with Christ. The family in Almost Home sought to build their lives anew on a firm foundation. Their desire for God and faith in Him, along with their raw determination and love for one another carried them through decades of joyous victories as well as trials and tribulations. The life of their dreams, along with an amazing place to call home, was built in amazement before their very eyes, and their growing family drew near to God continually, desiring to hear His voice and to obediently follow the Lord with reckless abandon.Yet even then, something was missing. In all of their pursuits, the destination of home they sought after in this life eventually became somewhat of a mystery, something to cling to less and less as time passed on. What they longed for was fleeting as they came to recognize that they were not citizens of this world after all, but sojourners on a journey to another world, a heavenly realm where the struggles of this life are no more.Join this family on their miraculous journey to find hope for the future as they pursue their heavenly home, encouraging readers to loosen their grip on the things of this world.
Almost Home shares the story of a young couple restoring their lives after divorce, growing their new family, and the rewards of following God in obedience.