Title: Heaven is for RealAuthor: Todd Burpo
Where I got it: From BookSneeze, in exchange for an honest review
Amazon Summary:
Deluxe, keepsake edition of the best-selling book and true story of a young boy's visit to heaven after life-saving surgery.
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.
This special keepsake edition is designed especially for gift-giving. New material includes a presentation page, 16-page color photo section, and a "Reflecting on Heaven" guide to enhance the reader's experience.
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.
This special keepsake edition is designed especially for gift-giving. New material includes a presentation page, 16-page color photo section, and a "Reflecting on Heaven" guide to enhance the reader's experience.
My Thoughts:
Fair warning, this book has a lot of religion in it. It would have to, to be about a little boys' trip to heaven, right? If you're not into or strongly against religious books, you probably don't want to read this. However, if you don't mind them, this book is adorable.
Told primarily from the father's perspective, the book describes the medical emergency that nearly cost the family their little boy, and the subsequent realization that somehow, in the middle of surgery, Colton had made a visit to Heaven. I can't say that I have a strong believe one way or another in the validity of the story, but Colton's experience did seem to give him information and background details that he wouldn't or couldn't have known on his own.
For me, this was a very sweet, smile inducing book. Colton sounds like an adorable kid, and the Burpo family was normal enough that you wanted to read about them, and you ended up feeling like you were kind of in it with them. Definitely cute, but probably recommended more for those who enjoy religion.
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