Heaven Is for Real Page #5

What did Jesus look like?

He's kind of hard to describe.

I'll bet.

Did he look

maybe like a picture you've seen?

How about...

- Did he look like that?

- The clothes. Not the face.

This one?

- This?

- No. Jesus has light eyes.

What color?

Bluish or green.

Bluish-greenish.

- Here.

- Hey.

- Did you get enough sleep?

- Not much.

So, he says that Jesus has light eyes.

Greenish blue.

Yours are green, mine are blue.

He's seeing us.

It's quite a compliment, really.

In college, I read something about

our own personal concept of God

comes from our feelings about our father.

I sure hope not. Mine had issues.

If our kids, they grow up believing that

they are loved the way you love them,

the luckiest kids alive.

- We've got a fire.

- We sure have.

I'm going to take care of that one,

come home, and add to this, all right?

I'll be here.

- Get two hoses on that car!

- No, no, no.

- They're in there!

- Who?

My family, they're in there!

- You've got a search?

- Yeah, he's saying they're in there.

Todd, you're in.

Let's go, let's run another one.

Here, you'll need this.

Keep him back.

Let's go, let's go!

- That's hot! That's hot!

- You can't go in there!

Hello? Is anyone here?

Hello?

It's clear! It's clear!

Charge. Clear. Shock.

Charge. Clear. Shock.

Colton, this is just a visit,

but before you go back,

I want you to meet someone.

I heard you gave Michael and Rosa

a baby present.

Yeah, I thought they could use it.

- Let's go out.

- What?

Yeah. Call Sheila. She'll watch them.

- Tonight?

- Yeah.

Honey, no, we can't afford it.

That charity auction last

year, dinner for two.

Maple Grove restaurant,

your favorite place.

- We used that already.

- No, we did not.

- We did. What are you doing?

- No, we did not. We did not.

The darker the night,

the brighter they are.

Like you.

Yeah, you're good.

It's my best stuff.

It's getting darker, though.

We're out of money.

We're out of credit, too.

And the church board called me today.

They want to sit down with you

and talk about where we're at as a church.

Why didn't they call me?

I don't think they wanted you to think that

they were putting you on the spot.

Because they are putting you on the spot.

Todd, we're prepared for you

to have all kinds of struggles,

and we're here to support you

during those times.

We've extended a leave of absence.

- Twice.

- Twice, right.

So, I think you're aware the church

is not doing very well without you

and so we need to know

what to plan for in the close future.

The question for me isn't whether you're

preaching, it's what you're preaching.

Colton's trip to heaven disturbs

a lot of people. it disturbs me.

Do you take it as a literal event?

Well, for him, it's not imaginary.

It's not a metaphor or a feeling.

It happened.

And I take that seriously. I just

don't know what to make of it. You know?

What about it bothers you so much?

What is it? I mean, I want to talk

about it. I need to talk about it.

All right. I don't like that it feels like

some fairy tale,

just a simple, easy explanation of life.

I don't like that.

Okay. So, because it appeals

to simple people?

No. No. Yeah.

Okay. I don't like how it makes our church

a magnet for everyone who

wants to take the brain out of their head

and beat it to death with the Bible

and then seem to want to show off

how much they believe.

Heaven and hell have always been concepts

that have been used to control

and frighten people.

That's one way to look at it, but

all Colton's ever talked about is heaven

and how it's a beautiful place.

Todd, what do you plan on preaching?

All of us have times when we lose our way.

That's when we look to leaders.

If you're going to lead this church,

you've got to make a decision.

All right. I say that we give

Todd a little bit more time.

One more week.

But in the meantime, we need to start

planning for the future of our church

and looking for someone else.

Here you go. B-U-R-P-O.

Yeah, we've got everything ready

to settle your account today.

I can't do that today.

I had an unforeseen situation.

- You're not going to settle today?

- Not today.

Well, you are aware that we have

extended your accounts twice already.

- I think it's been one extension.

- No, it's been twice.

And they are going to collections

as we speak.

Okay, but the collections

is not something that...

Hey, Colton.

Hospital policy demands that I tell you

your account is going to collections.

Colton.

Colton!

Hey, come here.

Colton!

- I need to tell them. Please.

- Come here.

Yes, sweetie.

They don't look like that.

It's all right. No one will ever hurt you.

Come on, guys, WW UP-

Mom's got a music conference today.

Hurry, hurry-

Hey, you didn't tell me

how the church board meeting went.

They've started looking for somebody else.

Guys, let's go, come on.

Go brush your teeth.

Well, we'll figure it out.

You didn't come to bed

until it was almost dawn.

I was researching near-death experiences.

- Are you all right?

- It's fine!

- It's fine. I mean, don't you think that...

- Hey! What?

...we need to be talking about this life?

Not the next one.

I'm right here.

What do you want to talk about?

We need to make sure

our children are safe and they are happy.

- And that they are normal!

- Happy, yes! And normal! I agree!

I have to go out to that

service for that loner

who died after the fire in his motor home.

He didn't have any friends or next of kin.

- You've got Colton today.

- I'm going to take him with me.

Great.

He's never been freaked out

in those situations. He's a lot of comfort.

For the dead man or for you?

Touch.

Touch. Touch.

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day, our daily bread.

Aim. Begin.

- You had a grandpa named "Pop", right?

- That's right.

Was he your daddy's daddy

or your mommy's daddy?

He was my mom's dad.

He died when I was about your age.

He's very nice.

You saw Pop? You saw my grandfather?

You saw him?

- Where did you see him?

- In heaven.

I loved my grandfather very much.

He was there with me

when my father couldn't be.

He taught me to weld.

He gave me that slingshot.

I know. We play with it.

That's right. And he was a good man.

He was a really good man,

but I don't know what he believed in.

None of us did.

I think

he's one of the reasons

your dad became a minister.

I was hoping he would get a break

getting into heaven then.

You don't have to worry, Dad. He's there.

He came up to me and told me he was

your grandfather and you called him "Pop".

And he held me in his lap

just like Jesus did.

And he told me everything was all right.

Okay, look at this.

Is this him? Is this the man you saw?

No. That's not who I saw.

Okay, but just look. Are you sure? Colton?

Nobody wears glasses in heaven.

Can I go play?

Because when Mom gets home...

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