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HEAVEN REMAINS A REALITY!!!

      Here's one article i'm quite skeptical about writing on. I'm too engrossed in my message that i can't think up a proper caption for it. Few years ago,i saw the movie ''heaven is for real'' which described a young boy's account of his visit to heaven. It was a very emotional experience for me then but i managed to get over it as other things came up. Few months ago, i was browsing the internet and came across another account of a woman who went to heaven.That didn't even catch my attention well as i had read so many similar cases of such. Towards the end of the article, the woman concluded that the picture of Jesus that she saw was similar to Akiane's(Akiane is a young teenager who had a similar experience of heaven and decided to do a painting of Jesus after the incident) image of Jesus. Now three people Akiane Kramarik, Colton Burpo and Carol Meyer have testified to a similar painting of Jesus from their visits to heaven.

      Now i'm thinking...what could be the similarities between these stories? How true could it be? These accounts are now becoming too incessant which simply means there has to be an element of truth in them.

Here's the story of Carol Meyer, another woman who saw heaven.

      Fourteen years ago, while i slept in the middle of the night,I was transported to the “edge” of heaven. I had been suffering with a life-threatening gastrointestinal disease that led to a hospitalization immediately before my experience.
Fire, lightning, thunder and water swirled around me as i landed on the floor of Paradise with a “whoosh.” “It was scary and exhilarating all at the same time,”. “I instantly knew I was in heaven.
“As I was standing there, this incredible peace overtook me. There were no more earthly emotional holes in my spirit. I was completely whole. It was an incredible feeling. This state of being is no doubt part of the scripture that there will be no tears or sorrow in Heaven. It was a very profound experience.”
I looked to my right and saw a large angel soldier, dressed in a brownish gown, with no visible wings. His face was set like flint – similar to earthly soldiers guarding important landmarks.
Just beyond him, were three-foot diameter metal tubes sloping down into a cavernous area. Then i delighted as i glimpsed one of her favorite creatures on earth — butterflies.
Oh God, you have all these butterflies up here. This is so awesome! i thought. These butterflies were large and blue, unlike any variety i had seen in North America.
When i looked up, i beheld magnificent colors in the sky unlike anything i had ever seen. “It was much more than a beautiful sunset. There were more colors than you’ve ever seen.”
I saw flowers in abundance and heard the sound of either rushing water or a swirling wind. I looked down at my feet and was surprised.

    “I was standing on a crystal floor, like gold at its purest point. It was moving in a slight wave.” There were pathways leading in different directions. I was amazed by all the activity i witnessed.
To my left i saw the beginning of a sparkling blue river flowing gently along. “I called it a Rushing River, but the sound was coming from God.”

      Then i saw the Lord, who walked out from a ledge covered with grape vines. “He was so beautiful. He had on a soft white linen gown, with a shine to it.” His eyes looked deeply into her soul and she knew instantly He was and is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

        Just as suddenly as Carol was transported to heaven – whether in the body or not, she doesn’t know – she awakened in her bed. “I woke up in my bed, curled up in the fetal position,” she recounts. “I couldn’t believe what happened to me.”

Akiane's painting of Jesus

    The following spring, a friend told me that a copy of the painting was at their local Christian bookstore, so i raced there to see it for myself. I almost burst into tears when i viewed it. “The feeling was so powerful. I grabbed it and held it to me.” The painting was so close to the One i saw in my vision, it was uncanny.

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