abbieday01 's review for:

Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo

5.0

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This was given to me by a church member several months ago and I just kept sticking it on the bottom of my tbr pile. Then Sunday she asked what I thought of it - so I committed to reading it. The funny thing - another couple from the church brought a copy to my husband on Sunday for me to read. They told him it was really good - but warned him about the part that talks about the baby they had lost (as they were concerned this would be hard for me to read since we lost our son Caleb Levi back in October). I did finish it - and thought over all it was a good book. However I did find some of the information provided to be a little over the top or long winded (it could have been left our and not affected the telling of the entire story). In fact there is some information that really is not needed at all - but gives back information of sorts to what was going on in Burpo's personal life as a pastor/dad. I will be honest that I skipped over these parts because they were boring to me and read mainly the accounts of Colton's retelling of his experiences.

Though astonishing I still don't believe that God would allow someone fully into heaven only to send him out again. Even John the Revelator's experience is a vision of heaven. I do however believe in the spirit world and God's divine intervention as well as vision of what is to come in the way of heaven.

Be prepared to cry as you read it. Especially if you have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth. This was agonizing for me because that is a wound that is so tender for so long even when you are trusting in the Lord.