Heaven is for REAL

The best thing, maybe the only thing to look forward to when I was 7 months pregnant is that I was so close to holding my baby girl.  All the discomfort and lack of sleep was going to be completely worth it when she was in my arms and I could see her.  Well, as you know, I did not get to hold her until she was ten days old.

I went to Seattle recently.  I read a book called Heaven is for REAL.
http://heavenisforreal.net/
It is a non-fiction book about a little boy's journey to heaven and back.  It is a quick read and I read and finished the book to and from Seattle on the plane.  I didn't have much time to process it.

Here goes the processing:

I think the best part about this book for me is that this little boy tells his dad Jesus took care of him and he got to sit on Jesus's lap. While his daddy was desperately praying/raging with God, Jesus was holding his son.   As soon as I read this I knew that Jesus had held Sophia when I could not.  He was caring for my sweet girl when I could not get that close to her.  I am just overwhelmed with His love for my children and His love for me and everyone else.  I cannot fathom how deep and how wide Christ's love is for us but I think I came one small step closer to understanding it.


 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
                                                                                    Romans 5:8


¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
                                                                              Ephesians 3:16-19