Synopsis
I wrote the book originally as a devotional for my grandsons, after my daughter Ashley told me that they would be moving back to Arkansas. Up until that point, I had been the one constant male influence in their lives. I would have them on the weekends usually, and really enjoyed our time. Each time I had them, I wanted to influence them for Christ, whether that was through watching Veggie Tales and the Bible series Super Book before bed, and just talking to them about God. So, I wanted to somehow keep that going. I believed that God gave me an idea, by using the alphabet to teach about the character and goodness of God, assigning an attribute or character quality to each letter. I went and bought a notebook from Walmart and wrote it down, and then mailed it off to my daughter Ashley. She later called me with excitement, and encouraged me to get it published so that other kids can have it as well. So I prayed about it, and got it published. We are all made in the image and likeness of God (Gen. 1:26-27), and our ultimate purpose is to know and glorify God our Creator. And impressing that on the minds and hearts of our children while they're young, is the greatest gift that we can give them as parents and grandparents. This is why I wrote The ABC's of God.
About the Author
I was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, but was raised in the inner city of Watts, California. I met this inner-city ministry called World Impact, which came into the Imperial Courts Housing Projects each week, beginning shortly after the Watts riots of 1965, to minister to children and families. I gave my life to Christ that first week in LA. But the Crips and Blood gangs had grown widespread across Los Angeles by that time, and due to that pressure and others, I soon came to believe that God didn't care about me, resulting from all my unanswered questions and being physically abused by my peers. Authority became negative to me, and I soon rebelled against my stepfather's authority-and God's.I joined the Grape Street Watts Crips gang at age twelve and co-founded a clique within Grape called the Watts Baby Loc's with my best friend Edward Robinson, who is now with the Lord. After eight years in that lifestyle, God saw fit to rescue me from suicide, and I committed my life to Jesus Christ. After a year of discipleship through World Impact, I accepted an opportunity to join World Impact's Christian Leadership Training Center in their two-year program, in Florence, Kansas. After graduating from there, I joined World Impact staff in Wichita, Kansas, where I would meet my wife, Andrea, a math teacher. God blessed us with two children, Ashley and Isaiah West, and Ashley gave us four beautiful grandchildren, Jackson, Jetson, Jameson, and one granddaughter Jasmine.I work at Central Christian Church in maintenance for the last twenty-six years. I wrote my autobiography From Crip To Christ and have been featured on Pacific Garden Missions radio drama program UNSHACKLED. God has made me a mentor to young men, which has been an honor for me."But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea." {Matt.18:6, NKJV)
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