Waking Up in Heaven

By Crystal McVea, Alex Tresniowski

A woman's life transforms after nine minutes in heaven.

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272 pages· 78,616 words

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A young mother faces the challenge of explaining her profound near-death experience to her children. After nine minutes in heaven, she returns with a story of hope and transformation. How will she convey the divine encounter that reshaped her life and beliefs? As she grapples with guilt and skepticism, her journey becomes one of forgiveness and salvation. Discover the impact of her celestial visit and the questions it raises about life, death, and the power of faith.

From the publisher

The remarkable story of a woman, plagued with guilt and skepticism, dramatically changed by the nine minutes she spent in heaven. Someday soon, one of my precious three-year-old twins is going to ask me the question “Mommy, what happened to you when you died?” Someday they will overhear me telling my story to someone and want to know more about it. They will look at me with their big, innocent eyes and try to make sense of what they’re hearing. It isn’t always easy explaining what happened even to adults, so how am I going to explain it to my kids? There is so much I want to share with them, so much I want them to know. You see, my story is one of hope and forgiveness and salvation, and of the glorious healing power of God’s presence. It’s the story of what I saw and what I learned when, during a hospital stay, I left my body for nine minutes and went to heaven and stood before God. And it’s the story of how, when I came back to Earth, my life was profoundly and permanently changed– changed down to the very core of my being. But it is also a story that, for the longest time, I didn’t want to tell.

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