Monday, December 19, 2005

Just finished the five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom...

I give it a 2 thumbs up! It's a good book... seriously... got me thinking a lot...

It's about how this guy called Eddie was killed while trying to save this little girl at the fair... and then after he died, he went to heaven and met 5 people, who taught him things... I wasn't too sure about the first and the last one, what they were trying to teach him...

But 1 thing I'm sure about... the setting for heaven, is very similar to the lovely bones. It's how U depict your heaven, that things happen... U live in your heaven, U see things U want to see...

First person Eddie meets is... this man who was a freak in freak show when he was living...
And he taught Eddie that things are not in your control. Sometimes the good people die young, but it's all for a good cause...

Second person Eddie met was his captain... he taught Eddie about sacrifice

Third person Eddie met was Ruth... She taught him how to forgive

Fourth person Eddie met was Marguerite... I wonder why not make it easier and call her Margaret. She taught him that love never ends...

As said in 1 Cor 13:4-8

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails.

As said in the bible. God's words to us.

Fifth person Eddie met was this little Phillipino girl... who he tried to save when he blew up the enemy camps... and she taught him... why he was born... the meaning of his life...

Surely this book taught me so much...!

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