I have a weird reading habit. When I first pick up a book, it is my instinct to start reading from the back to the front. I just can’t wait. I recently picked up this like-new used book, 90 minutes in heaven, from Amazon for $0.01 + $3.99 shipping. This time, I faithfully read from the beginning and on. Even when I feel so tired at night, I still couldn’t put it down.

The experience of heaven by Don Piper gives me hope and comfort that there is a much better world than this to look forward to. However, he spends more time telling his hell-like rehabilitation life after he returned to earth. This is my biggest take away from the book. Most of the time I enjoy my life and my family on earth, but sometimes not as much. Piper’s rehabilitation experience reminds me to be grateful for every inch of my flesh and bone. It made me stop complaining that “my neck and back hurt!” and “I can’t fall back to sleep at 3am.” This book also reassures us that God still lives and does big miracles in ordinary people’s lives, not only in bible times.

If you’re looking for a book that talks about every detail of what heaven is like, this may disappoint you. But it reassures us that heaven is real and gives us encouragement and motivation to persevere through sufferings and hardships. I hope this is a book that can touch on your life as in mine.