Guide Me Home

by Andrea Renee Cox

“A legacy is worth protecting.”
~ Guide Me Home by Kim Vogel Sawyer

A legacy is something a person works his or her whole life to build up, then hands it over to the next generation as an inheritance.

In her latest novel, Kim Vogel Sawyer explores different types of legacies. The approach she took was especially creative, since she presented four unique perspectives on the subject. It was neat to see how one person can help build up a family's legacy... or tear it apart. Or how someone who doesn't have children may still create a legacy to leave behind for other folks to enjoy.

Though Kim has children and grandchildren, who are a legacy in themselves, her legacy of faith also pours out through each of her novels to everyone blessed to read them. It's quite evident that she floods her writing time with prayer, not just for her career as a writer but also for the impact her words will have upon the hearts of her readers. Because of this dedication to God's legacy of faith on her life, Kim pens beautiful stories that wrap around the heart and into a person's soul. What a magnificent legacy!

Guide Me Home captured the essence of a growing faith. Every scene in each chapter built on the one before in a sort of intricate word-dance that wove together the various challenges, sorrows, and joys of the characters Kim Sawyer brought to life. The depth and range of emotions she laced through this story remind me how much I still need to learn in my own writing journey.

Once I finished reading this book, I realized Guide Me Home had become my second favorite Kim Vogel Sawyer novel, after only My Heart Remembers. It's tough to beat some of her other historical books, as they're fantastic stories in their own rights, but it just goes to show how much effort, passion, and talent God has given Kim for this writing adventure of hers.