90 Minutes in Heaven

Aku pernah dapat tugas book report, semacam summary gitu. Buku yang aku baca waktu itu judulnya ‘90 Minutes in Heaven’. Ngeliat kata ‘Heaven’ di sana, bikin akunya penasaaaaaaaran banget. Jujur aku memang tertarik dengan hal-hal gini. Aku suka cerita tentang hal-hal yang berhubungan dengan kehidupan setelah kita pergi dari dunia, kehidupan dewa-dewi (khususnya cerita dari negeri Tiongkok), dan cerita tentang perjuangan hidup, yaaa sejenis beberapa tadi itu.

Dan ‘90 Minutes in Heaven’ ini bukanlah cerita fiksi; kisah ini benar-benar kisah nyata.

Aku akan posting dalam dua bahasa, dan untuk sekarang, aku bakalan dalam Bahasa Inggris. Yang Bahasa Indonesia akan aku postingan nantinya.

90 Minutes in Heaven – Don Piper and Cecil Murphey

Don Piper, father of three children, has been an ordained minister since 1985. He died for 90 minutes on January 18, 1989. He regularly shared his story of going to heaven. Don’s wife, Eva, patiently stayed by his side during his dark periods. David Gentiles, Don’s closest friend, was so kind that he motivated Don the most until Don got complete recovery nearly two years after the accident.

And here his story started…

Don was heading back to Alvin after three days staying at Texas. When he was passing the bridge, a truck, which came from the different way, struck his red Ford. Everything around him faded and turned white. He found himself alone in Heaven before he recognized a crowd coming toward him. Family, friends, and other relatives came to welcome him. Everyone he met, looked happy and they seemed to know each other. He was not conscious of anything he had left behind and felt no regrets about leaving his family or possessions. It was as if God had removed anything negative or worrisome from his consciousness. After a time, the crowd started moving together right up the dazzling gate. Inside the gate, he saw a view of a city with paved streets. The streets had been constructed of literal gold. As he had arrived at a place he had wanted to visit for a long time, he surely stepped forward; However, just as he had arrived at the gates of Heaven, he left them. Ninety minutes in Heaven had past. He was back to life. Just ninety minutes after he was declared dead, he was alive. Things he remembered were people rushing around trying everything to save him. His left arm went over the top of his head, was dislocated, and swung backward over the seat. His left leg was shattered in two places between the car seat and the dashboard. He did not feel any pain until three hours after his arrival on earth. His entire body groaned in agony, and he felt as if every part of his body had been wounded, punched, or beaten. He was in surgery for eleven hours. During the operation, he had the broken bone in his right leg set. His left forearm had to be stabilized because two inches of each bone were missing. His left leg was put into traction because four and a half inches of femur were missing. On his sixth day, he was so near to death because he had developed double pneumonia, and doctors did not think he would make it through the night. God did not let Don meet Him. Don stayed alive and went through another 34 surgeries. During his recovery, he was unable to endure his pain and for a couple of times, he nearly gave up his life. After he was discharged from the hospital, he still had to go through therapies. Rapidly, he got well, and finally, he could walk and started to be active in church again. He motivated a lot of people who turned out to be at the same state as he once was. He regretted being sent back to life and went through all the excruciating pain, but now he had succeed in passing through his own dark periods. He found purpose again in being alive. He is serving his purpose here on earth.

Aku menyadari, bahwa kehidupan setelah kematian itu ada. Heaven absolutely exists untuk orang-orang yang percaya. Apapun agamamu, percayalah bahwa di atas sana, ada yang sedang mengawasi, ada yang mengatur hidup kita. Dia tau apa yang baik untuk kita. Percaya pada-Nya, dan kita tidak akan pernah sendiri.