When Colton met Martin

An unlikely comparison: Colton Burpo from Heaven is for Real and Martin Luther King Jr. I see a striking resemblence between these two...one a little boy who took a little trip to Heaven and a historical figure who played a huge role in the advancement of equal human rights. Both have a vision of something beautiful that they want everyone to understand, but at times find it extremely difficult to get that through to people wanting so badly for the vision that they have to be evident to EVERYONE.

After Colton is fully recovered from his illness and out of the hospital, he goes to the church with his family so his dad Todd can officiate a funeral. Colton asks his dad if he knows if the man that died knew Jesus multiple times, getting more and more serious each time. When he senses that in fact this man may not have known Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior, he throws a fit and is extremely upset. He is especially upset when he sees that no one else in his family is as upset about it as he is, and this boy didn't even know the man that died. Something that was made very evident to him when he was in Heaven for those few minutes was that the ONLY way to get there is to have a relationship with Jesus on earth.

This is the same with MLK Jr., he sees how beautiful the world could/would be if blacks and whites were not segregated, and they lived as one peacefully. Each speech he made displayed passion and reason and an extreme desire for his ideas to be put into action.

A Contrast is that Colton actually traveled to this place and had an out-of-body experience with the beauty that he wanted everyone else to experience. Martin Luther King Jr. had never actually seen the peace he wanted for man kind, but knew it to be possible. He had faith. Just as Colton did. :)