A Journey with God when Life Hurts is a Christian novel. The book pictures a successful and happy marriage and family. On a material day, the family unites around breakfast before dispersing to fulfill their daily routines. As at other times, they wish each other well as they parted and looked forward to the evenings when they would return to their home and gather again, this time around dinner. However, none of the family members had the slightest idea that a bolt of adversities lurked on the family. Peterson soon begins a journey with God, even when life begins to hurts so bad. He learns to trust God and he matures into a strong man.