It is the story of a woman who, as a little girl, was told her father had murdered her mother, and then killed himself. She went to liver with her grandmother. The little girl, Kim, was devastated and emotionally destroyed. But, her grandmother gave her a horse that had been saved from an abusive owner. Through God's power of healing, she bonded with that creature and he with her - and she learned to love again. In adulthood, she and her husband Troy bought an abandoned rock quarry and reclaimed the land. It was at the foot of the Cascade mountains in Oregon, and nobody wanted the property because it looked like the surface of the moon. But slowly, God turned that land into beauty again - a metaphor of His healing and love. They named it Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch, and created the perfect match---a rundown property filled with broken horses where abused children can come to be healed.
Her interview was broadcast on Focus on the Family last week in installments. I defy anyone to not shed tears listening to it, or when reading the stories in the book. Yet it is incredibly uplifting and full of joy.
But, you know why Hollywood won't make wonderful stories like this into movies? Because their central story is about God, and Christian love.
Instead, we get garbage movies with plots that are both ridiculous and laughable. Then, Hollywood laments why people don't go pay $12.00 and up to sit in a theater for 2 hours and subject themselves to their agony.