num_pages: 192
description: Simon considers himself fortunate after securing the final room at the inn in Bethlehem. While eating his supper he sees a younger man and his pregnant wife denied lodging at the door of the inn. Simon momentarily considers giving up his space but he is weary from his travels as a spice merchant and turns away from the thought. Over the ensuing years Simon traverses the popular trade routes and each time he passes Bethlehem he is reminded of that evening and plagued by guilt.In time the Savior begins his ministry and Simon begins the life-changing process of trying to understand and believe the teachings and miracles of this man called Jesussaid to be the promised Messiah. The Last Man at the Inn is the story of a journey of conversion we all take in one form or another told through the eyes and heart of a common man. It is written to affirm the believer to lovingly beckon to the undecided and to call out to those who may not even know they are looking for somethingonly that there is a space in their soul that somehow needs to be filled.
language: English
title: The Last Man at the Inn: One Man's Quest to Believe
publisher: Ensign Peak