Glimpses of Heaven: True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life's Journey - Softcover

Trudy Harris RN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800728157 ISBN 13: 9780800728151

Publisher: Revell, 2017

Synopsis

Drawn from her decades of experience as a hospice nurse, Trudy Harris shares stories that offer an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond this world--ethereal music, colors that did not exist on earth, angels, and loved ones who have gone on before. She has been with hundreds of patients as they took their last breaths and knows the kinds of questions that both the dying and their loved ones ask: What happens when we die? What should I say to a loved one who is dying? How can I make a dying friend feel safe? The stories she shares will bring the reader comfort and peace even amidst pain.

Tender, heartbreaking, and eye-opening, this expanded edition of the New York Times bestseller offers more incredible windows into the world beyond and life after death.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Deeply touching and encouraging."--Publishers Weekly

Tender, heartbreaking, and eye-opening, this New York Times bestseller gives you an incredible glimpse at what lies beyond this world through the final thoughts, words, and visions of terminally ill and dying people. Combining the best stories from Trudy Harris's Glimpses of Heaven and More Glimpses of Heaven, this book paints a reassuring picture of life's end, offering you hope and peace, and showing that God goes to great lengths to prepare His children to come home. Whether you are facing the death of a loved one or confronting a terminal disease, this expanded edition of Glimpses of Heaven will reassure you of the great love and peace God longs for you to receive.
"As I read this book, I cried, I laughed, and I thought of my own mortality. This collection of stories transcends generations and time. What a wonderful gift to those who will read this book."--Bob Losure, former CNN Headline News anchor

"Glimpses of Heaven goes where few people venture--into a sacred space that is worth exploring."--Paul Malley, president, Aging with Dignity

"This remarkable collection . . . offers comfort, hope, and peace for the next stage of life's journey. Thank you, Trudy, for reminding us that heaven is a real place."--Don Piper, New York Times bestselling author of 90 Minutes in Heaven
Trudy Harris, RN, is a New York Times bestselling author, a former hospice nurse, and former president of the Hospice Foundation for Caring. Since retirement, Harris remains active in connecting the needs of terminally ill and dying people in her community with the hospice program she knows can best meet their need.

From the Inside Flap:

EXCERPT FROM CATALOG
"Who is the man standing by the lake?" Grandfather asked, pointing out of the window. "That's the weeping willow tree," I said to him. "I see the tree," he answered with a smile. "I mean the man who is standing underneath the tree, by the water? Who is he?" I looked but saw no one standing near the tree. That night while putting my youngest son, Ken, to bed, I told him what Grandfather had said. "Do you think he saw Jesus?" he asked. "I don't know," I replied. Later in the evening as we were preparing Grandfather for bed I relayed my conversation to Grandfather. "Ken wants to know if you saw Jesus under the tree tonight." "Yes, dear. Why?" he replied. He answered in that same sure, confident and matter-of-fact way that I have come to recognize and accept in people who are about to die. They seem to have spiritual eyes and ears, understanding things that we do not and having no fear of sharing them with us. Grandfather died that night, sitting in the recliner, overlooking the lake where he had seen Jesus, with family members taking turns by his side. When he took his last breath, and we realized it was his last, his wife, son, daughter, and I all found it comforting for some reason to pile into the king size bed next to his chair and fall asleep. It was three in the morning. I mention the time of his death only because when we called his nurse, Dottie, at seven in the morning, she said, "George died at three this morning, didn't he?" When we asked how she knew, she relayed her experience of waking up at three a.m. and hearing a voice say, "I've come for my servant George." In the early days I only smiled at such things, not really believing them. It took me thirty years of caring for dying people to know that those happenings are as real as anything you will ever experience in life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Revell
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0800728157
• ISBN 13: 9780800728151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206