Crystal McVea

«El 10 de diciembre de 2009 me ingresaron en el hospital por un dolor abdominal. Tras varios exámenes, los médicos me diagnosticaron una pancreatitis. Sin embargo, estando aún en Urgencias, un dolor

From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, comes an extraordinary story about Crystal McVeas personal transformation after visiting heaven and how readers can experience heaven themselvesand live a more meaningful life.On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea was being treated in a hospital for pancreatitis. Her heart stopped pumping for nine minutes before doctors managed to revive her. In those nine minutes, she went to heaven, stood with God, and was forever changed.Ever since Crystals incredible experience, her life has been profoundly different. She has become a brand new person in every conceivable wayheart, mind, soul, and spirit. By dying, Crystal learned how to live. Crystal realized that heaven is real and our true home, but we are still meant to have meaningful lives full of passion and purpose right here on earth. She believes we have to chase heaven while we are still alive and allow God to turn our lukewarm love into a firestorm of faith. Chasing Heaven is the story of how God called to Crystal, what He told her, and how she found a way to get closer to Him again here on earth.Crystal assures us that we dont have to die and go to heaven in order to ignite our faith. We also dont have to abandon the lives we have in order to experience God and heaven. Chasing Heaven is about following the path to the Lord, and discovering your spiritual destiny.The journey that followed Crystals time in heaven has been difficult, complicated, and surprisingfull of twists and turns, setbacks and triumphs, drama and comedy, and everything that makes life so messy and beautiful.

New York Times bestseller! A remarkable and inspirational memoir about one womans near-death experience, who was dramatically changed by the nine minutes she spent in heaven.On December 10, 2009, McVea, a thirty-two-year-old mother of four, went to the hospital for a routine procedure. While undergoing treatment, her face suddenly turned a dark shade of blue, then black. Her mother screamed for help, and a nurse tried to revive herto no avail. Today, Crystal does not remember what happened in that hospital room during the nine minutes she was unconscious and unable to breathe on her own. She has no memory of the panic and the rushing nurses and the loud cries of Code Blue. She only remembers drifting offand waking up in heaven. This unexpected meeting of a self-described sinner and skeptic with her God changed everything. Raised Christian, she had left her faith behind after childhood abuse and the subsequent struggles and suffering of her troubled teens and early adulthood. She longed to believe but felt abandoned, broken, and undeserving. A moving autobiographical testament to the power of divine love and forgiveness, Waking Up in Heaven shares the message of hope, healing, and compassion McVea brought back from her brush with God. This brave, honest account of years lost to shame and guilt will inspire those whove stumbled along their own spiritual journey, with the uplifting reminder that no one is beyond the reach of grace and redemption, and that, in the words of the author, God is real. Heaven is real. And Gods love for us is the realest thing of all.