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Waiting for You in Heaven

Colton Burpo was only four years old when he survived an emergency appendectomy. His parents were overjoyed at his survival. But they were stunned at his stories. Over the next few months, Colton talked of his visit to heaven. He described exactly what his parents were doing during the surgery and told stories of people he met in heaven—people he had never met on earth or been told about. In the book, Heaven Is for Real, Colton’s father relates the moment that the four year-old boy told his mom, “You had a baby die in your tummy, didn’t you?” The parents had never mentioned the miscarriage to their son. He was too young to process it. Emotion filled his mother’s face:

“Who told you I had a baby die in my tummy?” “She did, Mommy. She said she died in your tummy.” “It’s okay, Mommy. She’s okay. God adopted her.” “Don’t you mean Jesus adopted her?” “No, Mommy. His Dad did.” “What’s her name?” asked the mom. “What was the little girl’s name?” “She doesn’t have a name. You guys didn’t name her.”

The parents were stunned. There is no way Colton would have known this. He had one more memory. He shared it before he went out to play: “She said she can’t wait for you and Daddy to get to heaven.”

Someone in heaven is saying the same words about you. Your grandpa? Aunt? Your child? They are looking toward the day when God’s family is back together. Shouldn’t we do the same?

From Thomas Nelson's God Will Carry You Through [2013] [Max Lucado.] Learn more at www.thomasnelson.com/god-will-carry-you-through