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It's hard enough to live up to parental expectations. But when those expectations are far from reality, it makes it near impossible Stirred to unwavering faith by a dying friend's prophetic words, Alphaeus believes that his son is destined to be a follower of the Messiah. On the other hand, James questions his father's devotion to the prophecy, especially since no one has seen or heard of the Messiah. Born with a visible birthmark and hindered by a stutter, James faces the reality of a culture that deems him unworthy and an outcast. He is ridiculed even by his own extended family members who stigmatize him with the name James the less. James begins to feel that he is indeed less than anything his father dreamed he could be. The pressure of those words spoken before he was born continually haunts James as he navigates tragic circumstances, bears the shunning of a religious community, and struggles to find his true identity. Meekness becomes a shadow that James hides behind to avoid the rejection he is so used to.
Forced by events beyond his control, James takes a single step in the direction of his predestined future. His path eventually collides with that of a Man named Yeshua, a Rabbi who turns James' stigma into an identifier of blessing while also teaching him the virtuous meaning of meekness. Will James stop resisting the destiny foretold about his life? Will he finally let God tell him who he is instead of defining himself by the religious culture surrounding him? Can God actually use a societal outcast, a marked man with a stutter, for Kingdom purposes? In the end, will James realize that his father was right and that his heavenly Father is never wrong?