By Mark Ellis
Her glorious position among Roman Catholics cannot be understated, while evangelicals tend to minimize her role in their devotional life. But her role in heaven speaks to a unique calling, according to the father and son behind the blockbuster movie Heaven is for Real.
When doctors inexplicably missed four-year-old Colton Burpo’s burst appendix, and the resulting infection nearly took his life, his father, Todd, railed at God as Colton’s life seemed to slip away. After the fair-haired boy made a remarkable recovery, Colton’s parents realized something very unusual happened to their son as doctors fought to save his life.
Colton shared with his astonished parents that he left his body in the hospital and visited heaven, where he sat on Jesus’ lap and met departed family members, along with other extraordinary details.
“When people say Colton met his little sister, he’s quick to correct them,” says Todd Burpo. “He says, “She was not my little sister; she was my big sister,’ referring to a baby miscarried by Colton’s mother Sonja.
“She was never born, but she aged to where she was Colton’s big sister,” Todd notes. This unnamed sister waits in heaven for the rest of her family to arrive, when they will delight in finally giving her a name.
It appeared to Colton that babies gradually age to their late twenties or thirties in heaven, while older people regain youthful bodies. “There is no death or dying in heaven,” Todd notes. “Colton’s memory is that you age to your prime and then you stop aging.” Colton’s great-grandfather appeared to be a man in his thirties, having reverted in age.
There are “gobs” of children and babies in heaven, Colton reported to his parents, but it remains unclear whether this is due to abortion or natural deaths.
“The women in heaven – especially Mary – are involved with raising the kids,” he says. “A lot of the ladies in heaven help these children, they raise them and they’re with them.”
According to Colton, Mary, the mother of Jesus, has dark hair, brown eyes, and is a little taller than his mother.
Mary wore a robe with a dark, sky-blue sash. Colton described a light, or halo-effect, above her head. She seemed to be in her late twenties, like the other adults in heaven.
“How many people at funerals have this hope or this dream that my grandmother in heaven is watching my child, or my mother that went on is already there with my baby that didn’t make it?” he asks. “Colton said, ‘Dad, that’s how it is.’”
“Colton said, ‘Your grandpa was taking care of me in heaven and he was taking care of my sister too.’”
To listen to this raw telephone interview on the Best of the God Reports interviews podcast, click here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBnbuZy3XOY
I miscarried a baby a few years ago. My husband was devastated. Shortly thereafter, he had an especially vivid “dream” that was not like any normal dream. In it, he was sobbing about the loss of our baby. He was on his knees and was hanging on to the bottom of Mary’s dress. She smiled at him and comforted him, then showed him the baby she was holding. It was our baby. She asked my husband to stand up, then she handed our little girl to him to hold. He held her a few minutes, then handed her back to Mary. She told him everything was alright and that he had to return home. We believe this was more than a dream, and that, yes, Mary was taking care of our daughter, Sarah. What a wonderful God we have, and what a loving Mother He gave us!
HAIL MARY MOTHER OF GOD PRAY FOR US SINNERS NOW AND AT THE
HOUR OF OUR DEATH AMEN…..
Mamma Bear, your story brought tears to my eyes. We do have wonderful God and a beautiful Mother 😀
I have sadly had 3 miscarriages, i pray mother mary to pray for me to have more healthy children in this world as siblings to my 5 yr old son, thk u lovely Madonna for raising my 3 kids in heaven
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