{"product_id":"9781490821306","title":"The Former Things","description":"\u003cp\u003eDid you ever think in your heart, “If there is a God, where is he?” I did, a lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child I started on a search for what I began to call the God of the Old Testament, and what I meant by that was the God who actually showed up and did things, the God who was personally involved in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy search took me down many paths. A child of the sixties, my paths included sex, drugs, rock and roll, and the occult. My search ended one night when, in pain and desperation, I threw a Bible I had been trying to read at a wall, shook my fist at the ceiling, and cried out, “I don’t know if you are real or not, but if You are real, You better do something! I don’t care what You do, but do something!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI didn’t know, as I sobbed myself to sleep that night, that God had heard my heartfelt cry and that I was about to meet the One for whom I had been searching—nor did I know that He was far more than I ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WestBow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181644693744,"sku":"9781490821306","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781490821306_p0.jpg?v=1763657963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781490821306","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}