I have not personally had a near death experience, but I can tell you a story of a man who died for 9 months, knowing he was dying. My husband, 45, was diagnosed with extensive small cell lung cancer, his diagnosis was on December 26th, 2003. From that day on, he had to live the rest of his life knowing he was dying. And, with every right to, he never got angry, nor was he bitter towards God. Scott lived the rest of his life on this earth praising God. Yes, praising him. People would say "If anyone can get a miraculous healing, it would be Scott". And yes, Scott prayed for a miraculous healing, we all did.

After each test, Scott anxiously awaited the results, his wish was to hear a doctor say "I can not explain how, but your cancer is gone".
He would proudly say, with excitement "WOW, what a testimony". He constantly told us, "you'll see, it will happen. God will heal me, and think of the testimony I will have for my God". For 9 months, he never failed to thank God, and praise God. Imagine for a minute what this might be like. I can't! Even though I went through this with him, I still can not imagine how he must have felt deep inside his soul. Here is a man that has cancer and has been told "all we can do is keep you comfortable, but you will die within 9 months, that's all the time we can buy you". He was taking treatments that made him sick, made him tired, made him bald, made him weak and robbed him of his appetite. His whole life as he knew it has been taken away from him, all in an instant. The first thing he did was apologized to me. And then he said, "we have to get everyone praying for a miracle".

Scott did what he set out to do. He got everyone praying, asking for a miracle. I saw the hundreds of lives that Scott witnessed to. And the hundreds of lives he touched. Just by simply believing in God. If you give your heart to God, and believe that God, your father, will protect you and comfort you, he will!!! Some people say, "Scott was such a strong Christian, why did God let him get cancer"? Well, this is a good question. Scott's answer was, "God gave me free will, and he respects my free will". He also said, "by having free will, I am allowed to make my own choices, I chose to smoke. God did not tell us that it is ok to make the wrong choices, and he did not say that there would be no consequences when we do make the wrong choices".

Scott admitted, God did not punish him. He punished himself by smoking. Scott knew the consequences of smoking, but he did it anyway, he took his chances. And just like any child, he ran to God, his Father, because he was hurt, he needed assurance and comfort. Scott had the assurance he needed. Scott had the promises of God, and never doubted they were true. Because he knew this promise was true, he never feared dying. The only fear Scott had was the fear of how this would affect the people he loved. He was leaving an amazing beautiful mother, a loving Grandmother, a proud father, a brother he looked up to and loved so much, a best friend of 26 years. And a wife that loved him, and whom he loved in return. We all loved him, and he loved us. He did not want to see us in pain. He always reminded us of how wonderful and joyous it would be in heaven. He taught us the amazing love of Jesus. He showed us that everything we need to know is all right there, all we have to do is look for it. It is in our bibles, all in red print. And by seeing his death and feeling his Soul being taken from his body, and the peace that was in him in his final moments, I will never doubt the amazing power of God. I saw it myself, and I was in awe.

If you really turn your life over to God, you will not fear anything in this world. And, you will not fear death. This is just a lay over. Our lives will begin when we reach our destination. This is what I have learned from my husband.

Scott also said "if just one soul is saved, it is worth it". I can tell you for sure, Scott was able to lead more than one soul back to God.