Usher Me Home

Jared Bagwell, 22, is locked in a world where sound and now sight are becoming more limited and he is haunted by the future. These circumstances alone have rocked his world, to a point where he believes that God has abandoned him. He learned six months ago that his best friend who is also his father, Greg, has a terminal illness and is not expected to live much longer. This just adds to his doubts and fears about the future and adds to his belief that God doesnt love him.As a last request, Greg Bagwell, his dying father, coordinates his own living memorial service to be held at one of his favorite places which ties in to his love of movies: a near-by, local movie theatre in the far western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. The stories that unfold from family and friends who speak at the service begin to tug at Jareds heart-strings. Greg thought of every detail for the service, making sure that each presenter focused on God through presentations of oil paintings that he created specifically for those asked to speak, each having deep spiritual meaning to each presenter. The canvases provide telling memories that ensure each person stays focused on Gods Word, Love, Redemption, Grace, Mercy and Hope. Although Jared is losing his sight, his eyes begin to open to the amazing love of God, breaking down walls that had built up over time.Usher Me Home is an inspirational story that unfolds with a number of family secrets, broken relationships, and devastating health concerns within the Bagwell family, combined with undeserved and unbelievable forgiveness and restoration. It is a story of a young man that re-discovers hope in the midst of circumstances that are by all the worlds standardsvirtually impossible to regain.