I got to the end of the book and started crying. My life has taken a different turn that I had in mind and after reading this book, I was violently reminded I'm not in charge, never was, and never will be.
This little boy in the book had a near death experience and while he was on the hospital bed, he sat on the lap of Jesus. He told his dad when he awoke from surgery about all the people he'd met in Heaven, but whom he'd never met in his real life. In fact, he had never heard of most the people he saw.
Anyway, the point of this post is to share what I got most out of this book. This picture. He kept telling his dad how beautiful Jesus was. When his parents showed him photos of Jesus (what we've all seen and guessed was Him), the little boy didn't approve of any photos. He kept saying "no that's not right," "hair's too long," "nope that's not it."
There's a little girl named, Akiane ("Ah-ki-anah") who is 4 years old. She'd never heard of Jesus but all of a sudden was having visions of Him and she painted this spectacular piece of art. The boy's dad found it and showed it to his son. He asked his son, "so what's wrong with this one?"
After the boy stared at it for a few minutes with no response, he finally looked up to his dad and said, "nothing's wrong with this one." I lost it after reading that and couldn't get to the photo in the middle of the book fast enough.
It truly is beautiful.
