Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books becomes livelier and brighter due to the growing number of attendees. From book lovers, casual readers, and literary collectors to authors and publishers, people gathered to celebrate literacy.
The largest book festival in the US opened its doors last April for a glamorous two-day weekend celebration with the bookworms. Held at the University of Southern California, many book enthusiasts, book lovers, and book collectors, as well as writers, established authors, and many more, attended the free event.
A lot of bookfair-goers went by the Citi of Books booth to check for their next read and potential favorite book. One of the books that were chosen is “Witness” by A. Believer. It was displayed on April 20th and 21st at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California.
The author, A. Believer is a retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant (20 Years) and Civil Service Management Analyst (27 years). Born in Upstate New York, he then embarked on a 47-year career with the Marine Corps. He has a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Kansas. Upon leaving government service in 2009, I remained in Jacksonville, NC, where I reside today.
In 2013, the author wrote and published a book titled “You Have Got to Be Kidding,” in which he cataloged numerous life events that he believed to be the results of an amazing series of “good luck.” Even though some of these things could have killed him, he lived. Example: Two of the best things that occurred in his life happened on the same day in 1961. A. Believer did not know it at the time, but on that day, he joined the Marine Corps and met his future wife. That was the beginning of a seemingly endless series of events that he attributed to luck, fortune, or fate.
Believer finally realized in 2022 that these events were instances of divine intervention. He lists the events chronologically and then asks the reader to decide if it was good luck or divine influence. He finally began to understand Christianity.
“Witness” is a book that contains a series of events that were once considered luck or a result of good fortune but turned out to reflect divine intervention. God has plans for what’s good or better for us. If you believe in him, he’ll move in so many mysterious ways for your sake.
Grab a copy here: https://citiofbooks.com/bookstore/nonfiction/witness/.
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