{"product_id":"the-prodigal-son-16-years-in-gods-holding-cell-becoming-god-s-harvest-a-spiritual-entrepreneurship-trilogy","title":"The Prodigal Son: 16 Years in God's Holding Cell (Becoming God’s Harvest: A Spiritual Entrepreneurship Trilogy)","description":"The Prodigal Son: 16 Years in God’s Holding Cell\nBook One of the Becoming God's Harvest Trilogy\nWhat happens when God puts your entire life on pause—and doesn’t tell you why?\nFor sixteen years, R.L. West lived inside an invisible prison cell. Not a physical one, but a spiritual one. A place where success evaporated, identity collapsed, doors closed without warning, and every attempt to break forward was met with divine resistance. It wasn’t punishment. It wasn’t abandonment.\nIt was God’s holding cell—a waiting room for those He intends to use.\nIn this raw, unfiltered memoir of faith, trauma, entrepreneurship, and spiritual awakening, West chronicles a journey few Christians ever speak about publicly:\nWhat it feels like when God hides you.\nWhat it costs when He breaks you.\nWhat He builds when the world thinks you’re failing.\nAcross sixteen years of setbacks, betrayals, delayed promises, broken dreams, lost identity, marriage strain, health crises, and business collapse, West discovers powerful revelations:\nGod restricts you when He's resetting you\nDelay is not denial—it's divine construction\nSpiritual identity must be healed, not replaced\nPartnerships can be purpose-aligned or purpose-destroying\nYour gift is activated long before your appointment\nSurrender is not weakness—it’s the unlocking mechanism\nGod disciplines His chosen so He can eventually release them\nThrough vivid storytelling, internal monologue, and spiritual confrontation, West shows readers what the wilderness really looks like for God’s prodigal sons and daughters who are called—but not yet ready.\nThis is not the story of a runaway.\nThis is the story of a return.\nA son who wandered far, only to be rebuilt, restored,\nand reintroduced by God Himself.\nIf you are in a season where nothing makes sense…\nIf you feel forgotten, delayed, or spiritually stuck…\nIf you’ve been asking God “When is it my turn?”…\nThis book will show you:\nYou are not being punished.\nYou are being prepared.\nBook One ends where true surrender begins—\nand the trilogy continues into calling, partnership, and destiny.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0G6WRYYNG\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0G6WRYYNG.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:West II, R.L.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43623356006461,"sku":"BVV.B0G6WRYYNG.VG","price":13.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0G6WRYYNG-0.jpg?v=1789419860","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-prodigal-son-16-years-in-gods-holding-cell-becoming-god-s-harvest-a-spiritual-entrepreneurship-trilogy","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}