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This is one my
favorite faith story, and it's
probably the Most powerful moment
in the book "Heavens for Real"
--> If you are not familiar with the book, Colton had a ruptured
miss-diagnosed ruptured appendix, and almost died on the operating
table. The story is about Colton going to Heaven, and having a
remarkable experience, including meeting Jesus.
“Colton then planted himself directly in
front of Sonja. "Mommy, I have two sisters,” Colton said. Sonja kept
on working. Colton repeated himself. “Mommy, I have two sisters.”
Sonja looked up from her paperwork and shook her head slightly. “No,
you have your sister, Cassie, and . . . do you mean your cousin,
Traci?” "No.” Colton clipped off the word adamantly. “I have two
sisters. You had a baby die in your tummy, didn’t you?” “Who told
you I had a baby die in my tummy?” Sonja said, her tone serious.
"She did, Mommy. She said she died in your tummy."
“I knew what my wife had to be feeling.
Losing that baby was the most painful event of her life. We had
explained it to Cassie; she was older. But we hadn’t told Colton,
judging the topic a bit beyond a four-year-old’s capacity to
understand.” “It’s okay, Mommy,” he said. “She’s okay. God adopted
her.”
Sonja slid off the couch and knelt down in front of Colton so that
she could look him in the eyes. “Don’t you mean Jesus adopted her?”
she said. “No, Mommy. His Dad did!”
“Sonja focused on Colton, and I could hear
the effort it took to steady her voice. “So what did she look like?”
"She looked a lot like Cassie,” Colton said. “She is just a little
bit smaller, and she has dark hair.” “In heaven, this little girl
ran up to me, and she wouldn’t stop hugging me,” he said in a tone
that clearly indicated he didn’t enjoy all this hugging from a
girl.” “Sonja’s eyes lit up and she asked, “What was her name? What
was the little girl’s name?” Colton seemed to forget about all the
yucky girl hugs for a moment. “She doesn’t have a name. You guys
didn’t name her.” How did he know that?
“You’re right, Colton,” Sonja said. “We didn’t even know she was a
she.” Then Colton said something that still rings in my ears: “Yeah,
she said she just can’t wait for you and Daddy to get to heaven.”
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Picture created from the
Movie,
"HEAVENS FOR REAL" |