Two Roads Author:Chris Crowe A sharp turn in the country road came up fast. Too fast. The driver had no time to brake or turn, so the car rocketed into the cotton field and rammed a concrete and steel irrigation gate. On impact, the driver smashed into the steering wheel, then whiplashed back into his seat. The crush jacked open the right back door, ... more »and the other boy clipped his shoulder on it as he flew out of the car and into the field. The force of the collision catapulted the third passenger--the girl in the front seat--through the windshield and directly into the path of the car as it tumbled onto its side next to the irrigation gate.
Jared Hills has been haunted by that crash every night. It was the night everything changed. It was the night Leisel died.
Now, two years later, as Jared reflects on his life, he can't help but wonder at the chain reaction of choices that led him to this: a black name tag and a calling to serve as a missionary of God.
It had been Leisel who had first sparked Jared's interest in the gospel. She and Rob had befriended Jared early on in his senior year of high school and the three soon became the best of friends. But even as all of Rob's choices seemed to be leading him away from the Church, all of Jared's choices were drawing him closer to it -- and to Leisel.
And on the night of the horrible crash, Jared finally understands how life-changing the consequences of a choice can be and finds the strength to make the most important choice of his life.« less