Life After Heaven, by Steven R. Musick, is a profound reminder that heaven is real. Although he is not the first to return from a short trip to heaven, Musick comes back with a message for himself and all of us while we wait for the day we see Jesus face to face.
As a young man barely out of adolescence, Musick was in top physical shape, the only one out of 900 recruits in his Navy training base to be selected for both SEAL Team consideration and admission to Annapolis. However, when inoculated with a dangerous swine flu virus through a government research study, he became quite ill--so ill that a few months later he ended up in the emergency room, alarming doctors and nurses with the state of his health. A few moments later, after an allergic reaction to a drug designed to quickly clear his lungs of fluid, he found himself in heaven.
I love Musick's description of how Jesus, walking with him through an intensely beautiful green meadow, reviewed each of his life situations "and it was ok." Jesus helped him understand the situations from His perspective, setting them all to rights. When Jesus told him, at the end of their time together, "And you can't stay," Musick plummeted back into a broken, hurting body...finding he had been in a coma for five weeks.
However, as if hearing another story about heaven isn't enough, Musick spends the rest of the book telling us about what he learned his purpose down here is to be until Jesus brings him home for good. The cool thing? We can share in the lessons he learned and be instrumental in interacting with the Lord as "bubbles of heaven" open around us. To me, this puts a compelling spin on his story; one that rings true. I realize I have had experiences similar to what he describes.
I highly recommend this book!
If you want more information on the book, go here; if you want more information on the author, go here.
I received this book free of charge from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing in exchange for a fair review.
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