Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear. Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us.
Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.
Heaven Is for Real was a wonderful book, and it was absolutely amazing to read about this little boy's account in heaven. I will be honest, it was gut-wrenching to read the events leading up to Colton's surgery. As I was reading, I felt so much anxiety as Todd Burpo described their ordeal with Colton. But during surgery, Colton visited heaven.
The things Colton described could only be explained by a true visit to heaven. This book left me with such a sense of peace that heaven is a real place where Jesus lives and reigns. I think this book provides so much hope for those that have lost people they love, people they will one day see again.
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