By: Todd Burpo
Date finished: May 23, 2011
A 4 year old's out of body experience and account of heaven. This book really proved how much simple faith a child can have. Once we get older, we ask questions and seem to complicate things involved with our faith. Kids, on the other hand, have no filter and I admire their bravery and fowardness. They express whatever is on their minds because they don't know any better yet. God says we are supposed to be childlike in our faith and this story helped to display that example. This boy's amazing recovery blew me away. Then I was just amazed that God had used him in such a unique way to educate people about the "real heaven". Scripture can sometimes be confusing(it was written at least 2000 years ago!), especially when heaven in being described. This young boy actually experienced it and he explained it so simply: The Real Heaven. Now when I think of where I am going after my life here on Earth, I have a 4 year old's illustrated picture rather than a a bunch of wordy descriptions.
Simply put: (Matthew 18:2-4) He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
(1Timothy 4:12) Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example in speech, in life, love, in faith, and in purity.
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