Book Review

In the last few years there have been several stories
published that share people’s near death or death experience. McVea goes beyond
her death experience and fills in the background with her traumatic, tumultuous
childhood. This gives her narrative validity and could be helpful to women who
are victims of sexual assault, child abuse, and demonic backgrounds or have had
abortions. She brings a message of healing and presents it in the context of
the love God showed her when her breathing stopped.
McVea’s story is interesting; but her husband, Virgil,
captivated me. This man is a picture of the popular saying, “What would Jesus
do?” Virgil lived his life as Jesus would and his calm, sensitive spirit was
truly inspiring. I was also amazed at how well-adjusted McVea’s two oldest
children were. In spite of having chaotic lives as young children they seem to
be delightful young people – another testimony to the power and love of God.
I would recommend this book especially to anyone who is
hurting and feels ashamed because of something that happened in their past. McVea’s
clear message is a message of redemption and God taking our unworthiness and
making us beloved, cleansed children. I received this book from the publisher
in exchange for a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
About the Book
My name is Crystal McVea and I’m an Oklahoma schoolteacher
and mother of four (those are my precious twins Micah and Willow, on the left
in the photo above). On December 10, 2009, I was in the hospital being treated
for pancreatitis when I stopped breathing. My face turned a dark shade of blue,
then black. My mother screamed for help and a nurse tried to revive me… to no
avail. Today, I don’t remember what happened in that hospital room during the
nine minutes I was unconscious and unable to breathe on my own. I have no
memory of the panic and the rushing nurses and the loud cries of “Code Blue.” I
simply remember drifting off into a deep sleep.
And I remember waking up in heaven.
For most of my life, I felt utterly broken and beyond the
reach of God—if there even was a God. I was a sinner and a skeptic who kept
asking God to prove to me He was real. Then came December 10, the day that
changed everything. My book, Waking Up in Heaven, tells the story of God’s
relentless pursuit of a life that was shattered and seemingly beyond hope. It
is a story of love and forgiveness and redemption, and of the healing power of
God’s presence.
I hope you will go on this journey with me and take to heart
my book’s simple message—that God is real, and heaven is real, and God’s love
for us is the realest thing of all.
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great
love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ."
Ephesians 2:4-5
About the Author

Waking Up In Heaven is the story of that miracle.
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