Heaven Is for Real is the true story of Colton Burpo, the four-year-old son of a small-town Nebraska pastor. After surviving emergency surgery, he began talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. He also described being in heaven, seeing God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and meeting long-dead family members. Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message of this book is that heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.