On Heaven Is Real, Be Heard

Over the weekend we enjoyed a family movie, it was “Heaven Is Real” a 2014 film written and directed by Randall Wallace (writer of Braveheart) and based on Pastor Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent's 2010 book of the same name. The film stars Greg Kinnear.

I had always avoided the movie because I assumed it would be another cheesy Christian movie, and there had been questions over the validity of the young boy’s claims. Four-year old Colton Burpo claims to visit heaven during surgery for a burst appendix.

It was surprisingly well done, and did a great job of portraying the dad’s and others skepticism at the boy's claims.

It left me wondering, why don’t we see more movies like this? True family movies that reflect what most of America is, Christians, who live their faith. In a 2019 Pew Survey, 65% of American identify as Christians. Yet, where are they represented in the movies, in television, and in the news and media?

You can never forget, the people creating the content you consume not only don’t value what you believe, they want you to believe something else. They want your kids to believe something else.

I bring this up because sometimes it’s easy to think you're crazy when you hear messages that contradict what you believe and you have moments you go, maybe they are right.

As the movie ended I was reminded of a Bible verse learned long ago:

Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…."

Stand up for what you believe, be heard, know you are not alone. In fact, you are in the majority, by a lot.