But For The Grace of God

'But For The Grace of God' is a true story about a promising life gone off the rails, but reclaimed after receiving a vision that God had a purpose and a plan for him. Born into of family of meager means, Donald Gilliard never intended to make peace with poverty. Possessed with the speaking skills of Les Brown - the Motivator, the acting talents of Sidney Poitier, and the political savvy of a bright-eyed community organizer named Barack Obama; he was young, gifted, and black. Indeed, by the time he was 18 years old, he'd won the same national oratorical contest once won by Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, and Oprah Winfrey.Born with God-given gifts, he selfishly inverted them to increase his lot getting caught up in a cesspool of international money, sex and drug undertakings which landed him life in prison. But through it all, the protective covenant of his praying grandmother kept him out of harm's way long enough for him to finally see the error of his ways.After his miraculous release from prison, God gradually restored the lost years that the locust had eaten enabling him to use his God-given talents once again. He's raised tens of thousands of dollars for needy causes, help to elect a dozen candidates to local, city, state, and national office, and given hope to thousands of inmates who've made restitution for their crimes, turned their lives around, and who long for their miracle too. His riveting journey is proof that our creator has a purpose and a plan for every one of us.