Heaven Is for Real Book Review - 2042 Words

Heaven is for Real I) The Title of this literature is â€Å"Heaven is for real† and the author is Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. II) The Brupo family lives in Imperial, Nebraska. Sonja and Todd Burpo are the parents of four wonderful children. Cassie, Colton, Colby, and one daughter that passed away due to maternal complications, are the children of Sonja and Todd Burpo. While on vacation during 2003, The Burpos family visited Denver Butterfly Pavilion. It was to celebrate Todd’s recovery from a shattered leg, kidney stones, and hyperplasia (a lump in his chest). Colton falls ill to feverish symptoms and what appeared to be a â€Å"stomach virus† (uncontrollable vomiting), so the fun ended early for the Burpo family. When he is transferred to†¦show more content†¦Colton shows this to his Daddy through physical demonstration. Colton also explains to his Dad that â€Å"Everybody has wings† in Heaven. Everybody but Jesus has wings, so when the angels are flying, Jesus is ascending. Another one of Colton’s experiences is when he met Pop, his Great Grandfather. His father finds this out because Colton asked whether if Pop was his mom’s father or his dad’s father. However, when Todd showed Colton a picture of Pop when he was old Colton had responded by being unfamiliar with the picture. He told his father that â€Å"nobody is old in heaven†¦and nobody wears glasses.† When Todd showed him a picture of Pop when he was younger and without glasses though Colton recognized him. When Colton went to Heaven, he also met his baby sister. Colton described her as being small and having dark hair like her mom. Colton said that his sister wanted everyone to know that she was okay and she was doing well, â€Å"Jesus adopted her.† This was significant for Colton’s mother because it helped her defeat her guilt for having a miscarriage and it helped her to start healing. VI) Jesus said, â€Å"unless y ou change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.† I agree with this quote because it describes children as being pure. Children are honest, humble, and they live life happily doing the things they love. These attributes are â€Å"hard-wired† into children; you can’t get them to change. Children are able to accept reality and to acceptShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Book Heaven Is For Real 1703 Words   |  7 PagesBook Review of Heaven is for Real Daddy, you know I almost died. When I was screaming for you after surgery, that s because I just came back from Heaven (Burpo 44). Imagine hearing this from your four-year-old son after an emergency surgery where doctors said he may not survive. When Colton Burpo was four-years-old he had a ruptured appendix and had to go into surgery leaving his parents in tears wondering if he was going to survive. 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