What I find more remarkable, however, is how readily many people in our society believe outlandish and unsubstantiated urban myths and conspiracies (Pop Rocks and Coke, JFK assassination, AIDS is man-made, etc.), yet disregard thousands of personal and consistent testimonies of miracles and near-death experiences from people throughout all cultures and religions.

I then carefully searched through the pages until I was able to find the verse that was crystal clear... It read: "Rejoice always."

I began to see my life and each breath I am given as a living prayer to God and a way to pray for others for our world.

Angels are spirit beings who are mentioned more than 250 times in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible.

No matter what the circumstances, we can be grateful that God fulfills His promises, that our faith is sufficient to sustain us, and that our eternal life is assured.

Churches provide a place of gathering for people who share common beliefs, support and encouragement for each other in faith, a place to find insight into and teaching about God's Word, and they provide a time and place where people can leave the world behind and focus only on their spiritual relationship with God.

The heaven I witnessed was so pure, love-filled, and magnificent that I did not want to return to earth.