Earth. Why did God not keep her in Heaven? Was there something on Earth she needed to fulfill?
To Heaven and Back is a non-fiction book. Mary went through several hardships and trials in her life and had to depend on God with her faith to get through it all.
Mary was born and raised in a Midwestern town in Michigan.
Mary Neal did not have a great childhood. Her parents got divorced when she was at a young age and everything went downhill from there. She had to choose if she was going to go …show more content…
Mary told them how much she loved them, and had to let go. A few weeks later, Mary was with her youngest son, Peter, and was joking about Willie and decided to call him. Someone strange answered, so she asked to speak to Willie. The person said that Willie was dead. She was extremely scared and said to stop joking with her. They said he was dead once again. He had died last night skiing,when a car came,did not see willie, ran over him, and killed him instantly. The Neal family was extremely upset and flew to San Fransisco. They mourned over this incident severely.
Mary felt that one of the many reasons God put her back on the earth was to be with her husband through the tragic event of her son passing away. God took care of her family through so many lamentable events throughout their life ,and they knew that He would be there for the rest. Mary did not know the future of her life, but knew that if you just let God have the steering wheel then everything would be ok.
I was extremely pleased with this book because it shows that if you just let God have control of your life, and if you have faith in Him, everything will turn out sufficiently. Mary did not understand why God kept her on the earth at the time, but later found out that she still had to fulfill several things on