Everyone has a story, a testimony about what God has done for him or her. Your story may not come in a book with a yellow cover and a cute little boy on the front, but that doesn’t mean it’s not as real as our story is. We all have stories of what God has…
Connecting Through Loss
Then two months into the pregnancy, Sonja lost the baby, and our misty-edged dreams popped like soap bubbles. Grief consumed Sonja. The reality of a child lost, one we would never know. An empty space where there wasn’t one before. — Heaven Is for Real Sonja I miscarried two months into my second pregnancy, on…
Acquiring a Heavenly Perspective
I . . . began working my way upstairs on my crutches. Down at the bottom, on the first step, I started getting mad at God. “This isn’t fair,” I grumbled aloud as I struggled up the stairs, one crutch at a time, one step at a time. “I have to suffer and be in…
The Star: A Sign from God
Matthew 2:2 reads, Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star as it rose, and we have come to worship Him. Not too many children are so important that their arrival is marked by signs in the sky above. But this child’s coming was marked with a star. Christmas trees today…
Answers to Prayer: No, Yes, and Not Yet
“Hey Colton, I bet you asked if you could have a sword, didn’t you?” I said. At that, Colton’s scowl melted into a dejected frown, and his shoulders slumped toward the floor. “Yeah, I did. But Jesus wouldn’t let me have one. He said I’d be too dangerous.” ~ Heaven Is for Real Heaven is…