Heaven Is for Real Page #6

Are you sure that's not him?

- It's not him.

- Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

- When Mom gets home...

- Mom will be home in a second.

Just wait one second. Wait.

Colton?

That's him. That's Pop.

In heaven, everybody's young.

Are you okay, Dad?

An awful lot happened to you in heaven.

Yeah, it was amazing.

Todd, dinner is going

to be ready in five...

Are you okay?

Colton saw Pop.

In heaven. My grandfather.

I don't know what to make of this.

Well, I don't have the luxury

of not knowing, Sonja.

I don't. Everything he tells me,

it hits me, you know?

And I want to believe him.

Okay, I want to believe him. He's four.

He's four. He's so innocent,

he can't be making this up,

but everything he talks

about is impossible.

It is a massive adventure

that he's created.

He's talking about Jesus,

seeing Jesus' horse.

He talks about choirs of angels

and my grandfather.

It would take weeks or days,

but, "For God a day is a thousand years. "

"And a thousand years but a day. "

I'm just saying that's scripture.

It's scripture. There's no clock.

There's no clock.

Einstein talks about the same thing.

- "Some reality is beyond time. "

- Why can't it just be a mystery?

Because I think God might be

trying to reach out to us through Colton.

That's what I think.

What Colton is telling us, Todd,

is an echo of every story,

every song, every image

he's seen since he was a child.

Why does this have to be a myth? Why?

I don't know. I don't know how to move on

with my life.

Tell me what to do.

I don't know.

All I care about is if my husband

and my family know that I love them.

I'm sorry I can't help

you with any of this.

Well, I'm here.

Where are you?

Please accept this flag

as a symbol of our appreciation

for your loved one's

honorable and faithful service.

Your son was a hero. He

died a brave marine.

You.

I always figured it was Jay leaving

flags and flowers here on my son's grave.

I failed you, Nancy.

The worst moment of your life,

loss beyond comprehension, and I had...

I had nothing for you.

No comfort.

No hope.

No peace.

- I should have maybe...

- No, you didn't let me down.

You couldn't take my pain away

and I didn't want it gone.

For a while, pain was all I had of him.

You don't have to save the world, Todd.

I believe that's already been done.

Since that meeting at the church

where I was the bitter woman

I swore I'd never be,

I've been thinking.

It's not the people of

the church I'm mad at.

And it's not you. Not your son.

It's God.

Why God would give you your son back

and take mine away.

When Colton was in that hospital,

I saw he was dying

and some part of me broke.

Some part that still hasn't mended.

Nancy, you don't ever

have to apologize to me

for any broken part you carry.

Do you think...

I have to ask.

Do you think my son went to heaven?

Do you love your son still?

Of course.

- Do you think I love mine?

- I know you do.

Do you think I love my son

more than you love yours?

No.

Do you think God loves my son

more than he loves yours?

Mommy?

Yes, Colton.

Did you know I have a sister?

Yes, Colton, of course,

I know you have a sister.

I didn't know.

You didn't know that Cassie is your sister?

No, I have two sisters.

You had a baby die in your tummy,

didn't you?

Honey, who told you

I had a baby die in my tummy?

She told me she died in your tummy.

What does she look like?

Like Cassie, but a little smaller.

And hair like yours.

In heaven, this little girl came up to me

and she wouldn't stop hugging me.

Honey, what did... What was her name?

She didn't have a name.

You guys didn't name her.

You're right. We didn't. We...

We didn't know that she was a "she".

- Are you okay, Mommy?

- Yeah.

We lost a baby, sweetheart,

just a few months before she was...

Todd.

That's our baby. That's our little girl.

She's okay.

I don't want to be late for school today

and the phone's ringing!

I'll get it.

- H i.

- Pastor Todd Burpo?

This is Todd.

Great. We're live on the

air with Todd Burpo.

Can you tell us about

your son's adventure in heaven?

- On the air?

- Dad!

Everybody here in Imperial

followed the story of your son's sickness

and people all over town

were praying for his recovery.

Now we're starting to hear of

an amazing trip he took to heaven.

Can you tell us about that?

Come by Crossroads Wesleyan Church

on Sunday.

I'll tell you all about it.

Here's my heart now

Take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

Here's my heart now

Take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts

Above

I love you.

I'm standing here today with

wounds that are still healing,

fears that are still echoing

and in that way, maybe some of you are

sitting here this morning exactly like me.

I can say truthfully that

the pain that I suffered,

it was nothing compared to

watching my son that close to death.

So, now we've got a question.

Was Colton in heaven?

Yes.

He was in the heaven that God showed him.

Is heaven real?

'Cause, if heaven is for real,

we'd all lead different lives, wouldn't we?

Would we?

Really? Haven't we already seen heaven?

In the first cry of a baby,

the courage of a friend,

the hands of a nurse or a doctor,

the love of a mother or father.

Haven't we already had a glimpse

of heaven and so often chosen the hell

of hate and fear?

Is heaven for real? Every single

one of you has asked that question.

All of us have. And for me, the answer...

It's "yes. "

I see it, so I believe it.

And what we believe

changes what we perceive.

And I believe that God, he's love.

Ten thousand times I've been here

and I've talked about

"On earth as it is in heaven. "

And I don't know that I

ever listened to that.

And my son, he saw something.

He saw heaven.

He'll tell you all about Jesus.

How about that name? "Jesus. "

"Jesus?

It creates so much hope in so many of you,

so much distrust in so many others.

That's okay.

I believe God asked me to be a pastor.

Did he insist on my vision

being the same as yours? Or yours?

Of course not.

Did he make me one those heroes like

that lion and the bear and unicorn

I preached about?

No. That's what I wanted.

God had a different plan.

God crushed my pride.

He opened my heart

to love.

And all I have to do,

the one thing this love requires

is that I let others

know they're not alone.

So amazing.

Welcome back. Good work, buddy.

It's good to see you.

Hey, Randy.

Are things okay over there?

What? What? What was that?

- Hey, thanks very much, John.

- You're welcome.

Thanks. You, too. I am.

Hey, Ray.

She picked up the brush

when she was just six years old.

But the visions...

- Mom, can I have some lemonade, please?

- Of course.

...started when she was just four.

- Look at this on CNN.

- She's a self-taught painter.

It's about a girl on the

other side of the world

who had an experience a lot like Colton's.

She saw visions of heaven.

Look at this. Angels.

She began to describe to her mother

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