{"product_id":"phantom-words-ted-odom-with-brent-zwerneman-9781425939328","title":"Phantom Words: A Stroke Victim's Loss Leads to an Amazing Gain","description":"At that point clots bulging in my left ventricle raced toward my brain, and the more anxious I became as my heart rate climbed, the more each beat cleared the clots from my arm. That's when my world darkened and my mind escaped my body. I saw my physical being from a few feet above, standing with a friend. \"I'm right here,\" I thought in awe, \"but I'm also right over there.\" I was staring at the shell of myself, but I couldn't approach it. I had no physical feeling, as you would with a body. \"This is it,\" I thought, strangely growing peaceful among the chaos that moments earlier had racked my brain. \"I no longer have to wonder how I'll die.\" I fully knew I was dying and I wasn't shocked. A clear understanding that I teetered between life and death enveloped me. From behind, a warm blanket of serenity overwhelmed my senses, and a powerful feeling to fall back and surrender to the tranquility engulfed me. \"It's OK, it's beautiful,\" the serenity beckoned. \"Just lay down.\" But an overwhelming urge - knowing with all of my heart that God needed me on earth for a rebirth and a life of His service - kept me from that final, peaceful surrender. I rushed back to my body, where noise and babbling suddenly drowned the perfect peace of moments earlier. Like many scientists before this life-changing stroke, to be certain of something I needed hard data. Evidence. Proof. Something I could measure. Heaven can be an abstract concept, for sure. Before the stroke I wanted to touch Heaven, feel it for proof of its existence. In a sense, I got what I asked for. Ted Odom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Odom with Brent Zwerneman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1425939325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781425939328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Ted Odom with Brent Zwerneman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064717537535,"sku":"9781425939328","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acde059b-5904-4cd7-8280-406ee6c7e654.jpg?v=1685397141","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/phantom-words-ted-odom-with-brent-zwerneman-9781425939328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}