As much as your children need your loving words, the comfort of your presence, and the gentle influence of your life every day, they need you even more when they feel they have failed and the world has turned its back on them.

It is in such lonely moments that having someone there really matters. It is then that love speaks loudest and means the most.

This exquisitely illustrated story about a father's unfailing love for his struggling son will reassure your own children that, even on the worst of days, God still loves them; and on the loneliest of days, He is right there with them . . . no matter what.

Justin William Chase Jr. wants only two things: to paint, and to be famous, like his dad. But his father's reminders not to make fame his goal--to use his talent as God chooses instead--fall on deaf ears.

Justin's art studies eventually take him to Europe, where he gains the adoration of the art world. His father's love and patient training have always guided him, just as his hand used to guide Justin's across the canvas when he was young. But as the workload and pressures increase, Justin begins to lose touch with his talent, despite his father's reassurances. Recognizing that his son is in trouble, Justin's father urges him to come home. It is there, at his father's hand, that Justin learns again about the things that matter most.

Joni Eareckson Tada's gentle tale, first published in the popular Crossway book, Tell Me the Truth, will encourage both you and your children as it paints a picture of God's tender, fatherly love and His constant presence with us.