My Heaven Book

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2016 First Printing

My Heaven Book

Copyright © 2016 by Paraclete Press

ISBN 978-1-61261-643-8

Acknowledgments:“There’ll be no sorrow there” text by Lewis Hartsough, 1858. “Jesus Loves Me” text by Anna B. Warner.

Scripture quotations designated RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations designated NIV are taken from the New International Version of the Bible, © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Simpson, Clare, author. | Angelina, Maria, illustrator.Title: My heaven book / author, Clare Simpson ; illustrator, Maria Angelina.Description: Brewster MA : Paraclete Press Inc., 2016.Identifiers: LCCN 2015042732 | ISBN 9781612616438Subjects: LCSH: Heaven--Christianity--Juvenile literature.Classification: LCC BT849 .S56 2016 | DDC 236/.24--dc23LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042732

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My HeavenBook

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My HeavenBook

Pa r ac l e t e P r e s sBREWSTER, MASSACHUSETTS

Clare Simpson

I L L U S T R A T E D B Y

Maria Angelina

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Tell Me About Heaven

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Heaven is where God lives.

God wants all his children

to live there forever!

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Heaven is a beautiful place

God planned for us.

It is more wonderful

than any of us can imagine.

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I am a child of God

and God loves me.

Someday God will want me

to live in heaven

with him forever.

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Jesus told a story about a tiny seed,

called a mustard seed.

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When it is planted it grows

so big that it becomes a tree and

all the birds can make their nests

in its branches.

That’s what heaven is like.

From Matthew 13:31–32

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P R A Y E R

Now I lay me down to rest.

Angels guard my little nest.

Like a love bird in a tree,

heavenly Father, care for me.Amen.

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Does Heaven Have a Special Place for Me?

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There is a lot of room

in heaven for you.

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Jesus tells us that heaven

is his Father’s house.

It has many rooms.

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Jesus is getting one ready

just for you to live in someday.

From John 14:2–3

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Heaven is not a crying place!

Heaven is a rejoicing place!

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We go to heaven

when we need it most.

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B L E S S I N G

Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow me all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of

the Lord forever.

From Psalm 23:6 RSV

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