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Sirrel, 39

Incarcerated: 9 years

Housed: San Quentin State Prison

These are true events that have taken place in my life. When I was arrested, I was teased until my kidneys failed. At this point, I felt my soul leave my body and thought I was going to hell. All I was able to do was say, โ€œJesus forgive me.โ€ At that point, I woke up in the ambulance for a brief second and then I passed out again. Now Iโ€™m in prison and I hear chatter on the tier about this book called, โ€œHeaven is For Realโ€.

I felt the weight of sin and the death that lies in this body.

Before I read the book, I was discrediting the kidโ€™s story until I had an outer-body experience. In 2015, I was meditating and reading Corinthians 12:1-7, where Paul was talking about an outer-body experience. Things only happened back then. At this point, I was feeling unworthy of God’s love and forgiveness. Then I was asleep and out of my body; I was in โ€œHeavenโ€. I couldnโ€™t see the children but I could hear their laughter. I had seen a table with a beautiful tablecloth, a reef, and God was saying that I was welcome to come home. And then I woke up. I felt the weight of sin and the death that lies in this body. When I was in heaven, I felt so secure, so loved, and without a worry in the world. So I cried out to my spirit, โ€œWhy? Why must I come back?โ€

These were the two messages: Never discredit someoneโ€™s story when you donโ€™t know what has transpired in their life. And God said, โ€œI send no one to hell, people choose hell by rejecting Jesus.โ€

I have been to Heaven,

I had an outer-body experience, and I didnโ€™t want to come back to this world!

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