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Appointments with Heaven: The True Story of a Country Doctor's Healing Encounters with the HereafterKindle Edition
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTyndale Momentum
- Publication dateAugust 30, 2013
- File size4282 KB
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Dr. Reggie Anderson has practiced family medicine for over 25 years and was recently awarded the Frist Humanitarian Award by the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. A graduate of the University of Alabama Medical School, Reggie is a physician with the Frist Clinic. He also serves as Chief of Staff of TriStar Ashland City Medical Center, as well as medical director of three nursing homes. Reggie and his wife Karen have four adult children and reside on a farm in Kingston Springs.
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Appointments with HEAVEN
The true story of a country doctor's healing encounters with the hereafter
By REGGIE ANDERSON, JENNIFER SCHUCHMANNTyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Copyright © 2013 Reggie AndersonAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4143-8045-2
Contents
Foreword by Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman............................xiPART 1: IF THERE'S A GOD, WHERE WAS HE?....................................11. The Patient.............................................................32. The first Dream.........................................................73. The Day Santa Died......................................................154. Country Bred............................................................235. Watermelon Kin..........................................................316. The Devils Went Down to Georgia.........................................397. Academic Idols..........................................................498. The Lady of the Lab.....................................................599. Beautiful Blonde Date from Out of State.................................6710. The Dream That Changed My Life.........................................7711. Convincing Karen.......................................................8712. Past, Present, and Future Gifts........................................97PART 2: COULD THESE BE GLIMPSES OF HEAVEN?.................................10313. Departures.............................................................10514. Born into a New World..................................................11715. God's Provision........................................................12716. Stab in the Dark.......................................................13517. Moving Confirmations...................................................14518. Healing Touch..........................................................15519. Glass Heart in Ashland City............................................16520. Queen Elizabeth........................................................17321. The Smell of Good and Evil.............................................18322. Lauren.................................................................19323. Angel Time.............................................................20124. Paired for Life........................................................21125. Leaving Ashland City?..................................................221PART 3: DO I BELIEVE WHAT I'VE SEEN?.......................................23326. Torn veils.............................................................23527. Lifted veils...........................................................24728. Why Would God Allow This to Happen?....................................25729. A Different Kind of Grief observed.....................................26730. Purpose in the Pain....................................................27731. The Dream of Life......................................................28732. A Presto! Italian for "See You Soon!"..................................299Epilogue...................................................................307A Final Note from Reggie...................................................311Acknowledgments............................................................315About the Authors..........................................................319CHAPTER 1
THE PATIENT
SEPTEMBER 2011ASHLAND CITY HOSPITAL, ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE
He was an eighty-two-year-old, proud Alabama boy, lying in theintensive care unit, and while I didn't yet know his time of death, Ialready knew the cause.
For more than a year, he had been struggling with myelodysplasticsyndrome—his bone marrow had stopped producing the bloodcells needed to fight off infection. He was immunocompromisedand had developed a severe staph infection that was almost impossibleto treat. His body had become septic, and the inflammationwas devastating his organs. I knew his days were numbered, but Icouldn't stand the thought of his passing.
I had known him all my life. He was a teacher and a farmer—intelligentand determined, proud and stubborn. He was also aman of great faith. He didn't see any reason to prolong his life onearth past the purpose God had for him. Like many of my elderlypatients, he believed that he had an appointment with heaven andthat Jesus was waiting for him on the other side.
As a doctor, I've seen what happens to the patient whose lovedones hang on too long. They desperately cling to their familymember, demanding that doctors use extraordinary means to keepthat person here when, really, the dying believer just wants toslip gently to the other side. Sometimes doctors can postpone apatient's death for weeks or months, but it often involves drasticmeasures with the person being kept alive by machines and feedingtubes. The patient's quality of life isn't what relatives expectwhen they initially make the decision, and it's rarely what a patientdesires.
Whenever God called him home, he was ready.
I didn't want this patient kept alive by machines, and he didn'twant it either. But I had good reasons to lengthen his life. He had aclose, extended family, some of whom lived out of town and wanteda chance to say goodbye. With intensive medical intervention, Icould postpone his death long enough to allow them the opportunityto see him one last time. His family wasn't ready to let him go,and I understood that in the most intimate way possible. I wasn'tready for him to be gone either.
I thought of other deaths I had witnessed—includingan unforgettable experience that happened while I was a medical resident.
* * *
Throughout medical school I had taken care of dying patients, butthis was the first time that I, as the senior resident, would be theone in charge when a patient died. I didn't know what to expect.
"Dr. Anderson," the elderly woman began, her voice starting tofade. "Will you hold my hand? I'm going to see Jesus, and I need anescort."
That night, I experienced the veil parting—the veil that separatesthis life from the next. As I held the dying woman's hands, I felt thewarmth of her soul pass by my cheek when it left her body, sweptup by an inexplicably cool breeze in an otherwise stagnant room.I smelled the familiar fragrance of lilac and citrus, and I knew theveil was parting to allow her soul to pass through.
Since that first patient, I've walked with countless others to thedoorstep of heaven and watched them enter paradise. On many occasions,as I held hands with the dying, God allowed me to peer intoheaven's entryway where I watched each patient slip into the nextworld.
I've sensed Jesus on the other side, standing in heaven's foyer, welcomingthe dead who are made whole again. I've glimpsed surrealcolors and sights and heard sounds more intense than anything I'veever experienced in this ordinary world. I've inhaled the scents oflilac, citrus, freshly carved cedar, and baking bread—more fragrantthan I ever thought possible.
Sometimes I've even witnessed patients leave this world and comeback. As they've shared their stories with me, I've often rememberedthe time early in my life when God allowed me to step into heaven'sfoyer, even though I no longer believed he was real.
The one thing these experiences have in common is the intensityof the sights, sounds, fragrances, and feelings that I sensed. Heavenis more real than anything we experience here, and the sense ofpeace, joy, and overwhelming love is beyond description.
* * *
Memories of other dying patients, as well as my personal glimpsesinto heaven, drifted through my mind as I sat at my patient's bedsidein the ICU that day. I had every confidence that what awaitedhim would be more joyous than anything he'd ever experienced.But, selfishly, I wasn't ready to see him disappear through the opening.As the attending physician, the family looked to me for guidance.I could recommend a blood transfusion that would prolonghis life for a few more days; with several transfusions, maybe I couldextend it a week or more.
Or I could let him go.
Either way, I knew that he and his family would listen to me anddo what I suggested.
I had a difficult decision to make, and my medical decisions werecomplicated by what my patients and I had experienced on heaven'sside of the veil. But my struggle was even greater because of who I was.
I wasn't just the patient's physician—I was also his son.
(Continues...)Excerpted fromAppointments with HEAVENbyREGGIE ANDERSON, JENNIFER SCHUCHMANN.Copyright © 2013 Reggie Anderson. Excerpted by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc..
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- Publisher : Tyndale Momentum (August 30, 2013)
- Publication date : August 30, 2013
- Language : English
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About the authors
Whether writing or speaking, Jennifer loves the challenge of taking difficult concepts and finding ways to make them easy to understand, practical, and transformational. She excels at organizing masses of raw material into book form, while maintaining the voice and intent of the original communicator. She finds great joy in helping authors with compelling messages tell their story to new audiences.
Recent books include: "Spirit Rising" (Zondervan, 2012), a book about the Holy Spirit by Jim Cymbala and "By Faith, Not By Sight" (Thomas Nelson, 2012), by blind American Idol finalist, Scott MacIntyre.
Past books include "One Call Away" (Thomas Nelson, 2011), a memoir by Brenda Warner--wife NFL quarterback Kurt Warner. Prior to Brenda's book, Jennifer worked with both Warners on "First Things First" (Tyndale, 2009), a New York Times best seller.
Other books include "Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti's Hotel Montana" (Zondervan, 2010) by Dan Woolley and two books co-authored with Mark Herringshaw about prayer. The first, "Six Prayers God Always Answers" (Tyndale, 2008), shows readers how we can talk to God. The second, "Nine Ways God Always Speaks" (Tyndale, 2009), shows how God talks to us. Her first book, "Your Unforgettable Life" (Beacon Hill, 2005; co-authored with Craig Chapin), discusses how the seemingly insignificant things we do add up to our personal legacy. She has also ghostwritten a book for an international leadership consultant.
You can read more of Jennifer's writing in "Loved: Stories of Forgiveness," edited by Rebecca St. James (FaithWords, 2009); "Pearl Girls" (Moody, 2009); "The Church Leader's Answer Book" (Tyndale, 2006); the "Couples' Devotional Bible" (Zondervan, 2007); and "Whispering in God's Ear" (Waterbrook, 2005). An accomplished writer, speaker, and trainer, she is noted for her creative and practical approaches to business and spiritual topics. She holds an M.B.A. from Emory University, with an emphasis in marketing and communications, and a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Memphis.
Jennifer is the host of "Right Now with Jennifer Schuchmann," which airs weekly in Atlanta on WATC-TV. She's been married to David for more than twenty years, and they have a son, Jordan, who is a junior in high school. Learn more about Jennifer at WordsToThinkAbout.com, or follow her on Twitter @Schuchmann.
Dr. Reggie Anderson has practiced family medicine for over twenty-five years and recently was awarded The Frist Humanitarian Award by the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. A graduate of the University of Alabama Medical School, Reggie is a physician with the Frist Clinic. He also serves as chief of staff of TriStar Ashland City Medical Center and is medical director of three nursing homes. Reggie and his wife, Karen, have four adult children and reside on a farm in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
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He could predict his winning lottery when he was young. When he was still young, he met tragedy. Originally religious boy became non-believer of God by confronting with this most hideous atrocity - massacre of 6 whole family of his cousins by escaped convicts, of whom he befriended with when he was helping watermelon sale in local country fair. This was historical happening - one of the worst crimes committed in the State. He lost faith as a result of this tragedy, but while growing up, he met his sweet heart who was religious. And he became Christian again after he dreamed of his murdered cousins. And the story goes to his life successfully developing and of his becoming medical doctor and helping people in country side.
He became familiar with dying procedure while attending patients on their death beds. He witnessed of dying patients showed paranormal phenomena. He could experiences the heaven himself while attending patients.
Anyway, this was great book as life story and as search for God story. I am not religious person, but I could believe what was written in this book.
Heart warming life story with unconditional love everywhere. I am glad to know such fine country Doctor still exist in this greedy world. His story makes me believe that afterlife exists and heaven is not so far away.
I loved this book, so I recommended in my Japanese blog, introducing what contents this great book had.
I am happy to recommend without reserve of this wonderful, interesting auto-biography.
Dr. Anderson is a Christian who places Jesus at the center of his life and, to me, this is what gives this book significant credibility. Those seeking to learn of heaven through the near death experiences of others need to be discerning of their source material, as this could be very fertile ground for the enemy. That being said, books such as this describing aspects of heaven can provide insight, hope and knowledge of the afterlife. I know some theologians decry these books (and movies) as blasphemy. Respectfully, I do not agree. As we close in on the end-times, Revelation refers us to Acts Chapter 2 verse 19 where God says, "I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below...." I view this book as the Lord showing us some of His wonders in heaven.
"Appointments with Heaven" is a very pleasant, well written piece of gentle literature. Even when he is telling of dark and brutal experiences that drove him from God; Dr. Anderson maintains a certain poise, leaving me to firmly believe that, as far as sinners go, he is a good person. His is a good book and I heartily recommend it.
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I loved the fact that the author is a doctor and so down to earth inspite of his experiences with heaven.
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In short, a challenging read which leads you on to think more carefully about the way in which heaven interfaces with our own world.
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