Title: Heaven is for real by Todd Burpo

Page Count: 162

Published: 2010

Genre: Death and Grief

Rating: 2/5

Summary:

When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren’t expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed–a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back.

Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery–and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read.

With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, “Heaven is for Real” offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.”

“Heaven is for Real” will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering you the chance to see, and believe, like a child

My thoughts:

I read this book a while ago, I read it before the movie even came out because I wanted to see what it was about. With it being based on a true story I thought what the hell why not and give it a read. This is the first book that I have read like this and I have to say…. It wasn’t a fan. I know that there was some people that absolutely loved it, then there are some that hated it. I’m in between.

This book is about a 3-year-old named Colton who had a near death experience and says that he spoke to Jesus, God, Gabriel and the Holy Ghost also his great grandpa his baby sister that passed.

Colton get sick and had to be taken to the hospital and get some tests done. Come to find that his appendix bursts and must have emergency surgery. While he is under he says that he has an outer body experience and that is when Colton goes to “heaven” and sees the family members that have passed.

I can totally by that that happened to him, people say that all the time when that have surgery, or they fall asleep that they get visited by the ones they love, it also happens when your really in a time of need and need their advice. The other part of the story I didn’t by. I know that there are many people that do believe it, I’m just not one of those people.

I respect everyone’s opinions because everyone is entitled to there own and this is just my thoughts on the book. I know that many people won’t agree with me and there are some that will. I’m totally fine with that.