This book was a "faith builder" for me. I have always believed in heaven...but, like many, still have a very hard time actually visualizing it and even getting my mind around the concept of heaven. Being an extremely "visual" person anyway...I am finding myself thinking more about the verse in 2 Cor 5:7, where is says, "We live by faith, not by sight". Well, in this book, 4 year old, Colton Burpo gets to be our eyes...and it has helped grow my faith in what is usually unseen....but has obviously been seen by the eyes of this little 4 year old ... and the book tells the whole story to help you understand that this is not just some hokie spoof type book...but this little guy actually was in heaven. Gotta read it!!! By the end of the book, your faith will grow too...and hopefully it will help us all live even better lives here in the meantime, until we can see it for ourselves.
Here is the link for the book:
http://www.heavenisforreal.net/
And here is a link for one of the better news articles out there related to the book, if you want to read it to get an idea of what the book is about:
News article - Heaven is for Real
Also, in this book is the story of how this picture/painting of Jesus is quite possibly very accurate in the likeness of how Jesus really looks. Here is the link for the artists web site:
http://www.artakiane.com/home
If you click on the "gallery" you will see this painting of Jesus along with many others.
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