There are millions of people who have died in the hospital and been "brought back" with modern-day resuscitation techniques. Many near-death-experiencers (NDERS) report that within minutes of their heart stopping, their soul emerges from the body and was on the ceiling looking down. They can later recall in detail the steps taken by the medical team to resuscitate the body, and can recall conversations by family and friends in the waiting room. Many NDERS also have an encounter with a younger version of deceased relatives and some encounter a "Being of Light" that radiates love and goodness. Based on these stories, it becomes apparent that there is a life after our earthly existence, and our time on earth is very short compared to eternity. The message throughout this book is that God loves us with an incredible unconditional love, and He gives us free will to choose whether we want a closer walk with God and His Son, Jesus. We are all children of God and have been given a piece of the light of God called the soul. Truly made in His image, the soul never ages, and is more beautiful than the angels. He wants us all to be with Him in our next life in a place that has been prepared for us.
During his second year in college, while struggling with chemistry and calculus, Dr. Yates felt like he had lost his way from his childhood faith.He began to doubt the path he had been led to in medicine and sought a closer relationship with God by visiting a different church every Sunday.He prayed for guidance in his life, but at each place he visited, he felt like an outsider looking in. Frustrated, he gave up on his search. One spring morning, he walked to the lake on campus and sat down on the grass with bible in hand. When he opened his bible, it "Happened" to open to Psalm 23. As he read, a bright light appeared in the sky, and Jesus sat down on the grass beside him. This changed his life and gave him the will to go on. He began a closer walk with our loving God and His Son, Jesus. Dr. Yates went on to graduate and met and married the school nurse and completed medical school. They had two sons during their thirty-one year marriage.After eight years in the army medical corps, he and his family were guided to Seattle, Washington where he practiced medicine for thirty years and brought over five thousand babies into the world. He retired from medicine in 2006 and now lives in Canada with his wife.
