Wow...Heaven Is For Real!

This is totally out of my norm for writing something like this to post on my business blog, but I felt like with all the work I do, work will never take precedence over God. The topic of this book was shared with me a few months back by a friend's mom. When she told me of the book, I was like "okay, that sounds interesting". That usually meant, not sure if I believe that, but I will determine that for myself. The book is called "Heaven is for Real." I opened it at 5:30am and just finished it at 11:28am...This book is a true story about a 3 year old boy's experience with being in heaven for only 3 minutes. It was so descriptive and moving that I couldn't put it down.

It talks about a little boy who goes to heaven for a short moment during surgery but is never reported as dead on any medical records. He comes out sharing short details about heaven, God, Jesus, the past, present and future. This got me thinking about how I put work first in all I do, including myself. It made me think about how my perspectives are in the wrong places, CLEARLY...Heaven should be were our eyes are set on when we do all things and mine hasn't exactly been. It clearly shows that God and Jesus is real...


 The other reason I'm sharing this is because of certain things that were shared when I attended Briarlake Backlot church yesterday for the 1st time that appeared in this book. They mentioned a story about David and having adultery with Bathsheba, and having her husband killed on the front lines of battle. That same passage was referred to in this book that I purchased yesterday right after church. God doesn't do anything for nothing and he is REAL...I hope that this might inspire someone to believe. The final thing that made me want to share this story was after reading the part of this young girl that had a story slightly similar to Colton, the boy in the book. The name of the girl is Akiane Kramarik and the funny part is both her parents were Atheist (people who don't believe there is a God). Akiane's name was referenced in the book as a child prodigy that began seeing visions of heaven at age 4. Prior to her visions, she had no idea who God, heaven or Jesus were. Her descriptions and paintings of heaven and Jesus are amazing and the stunning part of this is out of all the pictures that Colton had been shown and asked if that is what Jesus looks like, this was the only one he said was "Right".

Wow...Heaven Is For Real! Painting of Jesus at age 8 by Akiane Kramarik

Maybe someone is broken right now and needs hope. The biggest message of all in this book that Colton kept sharing was that "Jesus loves the children". That's Us! And if we can come to him as children, we will enter his kingdom...This might be a bit much for some people, but this is not about what other people think, it's about what someone might need to read today to stay encouraged to know that there is somewhere better waiting for us if we choose to remain faithful and be loving to others!

Love your neighbor as you love yourself!