by Loni Stel

Created on: August 12, 2010

"In the end, if what we see, hear, or read strains credibility, we must choose whether to believe it.  It's not my job to convince you.  But in fairness, I'll make this point about the veracity of Alex's claims.  Just as when you see a tree swaying mightily in the wind, you know there is a powerful force behind the movement, so the look that comes across Alex's face when he sees angels reveals that he is in powerful yet unseen company." (page 167)

The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven is an amazing, true story.  The author, Kevin is told by a church member who offers to drive him to the hospital that it looked very bad, and that he did not think Alex had made it and probably had gone to heaven.  However, after two months Alex woke up from a coma.  The details he could tell about the accident, could not be made up, from what people were wearing, procedures that were done and a man praying over him. He remembered seeing five angels carry his father, and later seeing him put on a flat board and cutting off his clothes.  The angels told him his daddy would be okay.  Little by little Alex shares stories of heaven, about the music, talking with Jesus and continued sightings of angels.

I so appreciated the honesty of Kevin.  Having spent many weeks in ICU with our daughter who has now had three open heart surgeries and having buried two children . . . it's not easy, even for the Christian who knows Scripture and knows God is there.  There is spiritual warfare and great weariness. Kevin shared how their marriage took a battering and was "stretched to the breaking point."  It gripped my heart to read with having-been-there-understanding, as their pastor friend also shared in the book:

" . . . Kevin and Beth greatly struggled in their marriage.  Many times I came to the house to speak with them, counsel them, and pray with them.  Those were dark days . . .. . . It is an absolute miracle, an absolute proof there is a God in Heaven, that their marriage survived and that they are together today.  Without God, there is no possible way their marriage would have survived."

Alex is a quadriplegic who has made amazing progress.  He was also the first child to receive the "Christopher Reeve Surgery", allowing him to breathe without a ventilator. Their van license plate reads, "Wil Walk".  They have hope that is undeniably sustained through their faith in Jesus.

This is an easy reading book, that will keep your attention and in awe.  I highly recommend The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven.

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