Heaven Is For Real

Imagine that you were only four years old and you had went through a life changing experience, well that is what to this young child. This is exactly what happens in the book “Heaven Is For Real” by Todd Burpo. The family was going to Greeley, Colorado for a board meeting for Wesleyan Church. The story “Heaven Is For Real” is highly realistic through the whole story, character, and the lesson of the story.

In the story “Heaven Is For Real” by Todd Burpo the story plot is what the young boy by the name of Colton describes about his experiences in Heaven and what he said, “was a life changing experience. “Heaven Is For Real” starts out with the family going to Greeley, Colorado for a board meeting for their church. They family is going to the zoo, to look at the animals. However a conflict starts to come to the family and mainly Colton. Colton the main character is experiencing the flu and the doctor said “it’s going around you probably just caught it”. In this situation it wouldn’t be much of a problem nor would it turn into worse and maybe end up being horrifying for him and the family.

But the shock of a lifetime happens he I diagnosed with stomach flu and they found three large dark masses on the X-rays that were taken. Is this place in the story I can relate to it because my grandma was diagnosed with cancer and my family was in the shock of a life time. The surgery had begun for Colton. During the surgery Colton had went to heaven. “Wow what a scare of a life time”. Three minutes down on earth felt like three days up in heaven. While he was up in heaven he described all of wonderful amazing things up in heaven. He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much he loves us. He said “Heaven is never dark always light” and how Jesus and God light heaven. Also Colton tells every little detail and it all matches up to what the bible says. He is done with surgery and done at the hospital and heading home to share all of these wonderful stories with his family.

In conclusion, I can relate myself to the main character and the story is realistic because they tell about all the things he saw and felt. Todd Burpo wrote this book and he made a statement about that if you’re in this position you should do the right thing and take action and try to help you son like the family did. Heaven Is For Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance, and believe, like a child.