My Glimpse of Eternity

by Betty Malz

In this bestselling, beloved true story, twenty-seven-year-old Betty Malz was pronounced dead. Almost thirty minutes later she returned to her body--to the amazement of her grieving family and the stunned hospital personnel.This is her amazing account of what she saw, felt, and heard on the other side of the dividing wall that we call death. And it's the moving, real-life story of how God changed a young mom who had to die to learn how to live.

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Biography, Faith, Religion, Spirituality, Christian Living

125 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fabulous book! I've never marked pages that I want to always be able to reference back to, but in this book I have. The whole book is very special to me and I may read it again and again. I was drawn to it in the store and I went home and read the whole thing in at least 5 hours. I've never done that before!

[Guna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Betty Malz died, and 28 minutes later, came back to life. This is her story, how she coped with the insights she gleaned. Changes rarely occur all at once, she had to change habits of a lifetime, and in return, was able to live joyously. There is good reason for this to be a religious classic. I recommend it highly to all people of Christian faith.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Betty died after a long struggle with appendicitis. She saw heaven in all its Glory and returned to this earth to tell about it (at the age of 27) and she was never the same again! This also included her full life story.

[Sondra Eklund · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another story of someone who had a glimpse of heaven when she died -- complete with a sheet over her head, but then came back to life, cured. As many others have said, she was overwhelmed by the love of Jesus.

[Lillian Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

Loved it

I could not put it down. I enjoyed every minute of the story. I will re-read it. This account has brought love and joy into my heart for my life now and great expectancy for the life to come!

[Melanie Hobbie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Still working through it, but it's a lot like Heaven Is For Real, decades earlier.

[Sharon Moonbeam · Rating 3 out of 5]

The events in this book took place in the 1950's and early 60's. I enjoyed the story, but it is really dated. It's a fairly short book, and I read it straight through. It mostly deals with day to day family life, her illness, death and healing, and then a few years afterward her husbands illness and death. It's a great little story, but as I said, very dated in its language and thoughts. It's also heavily into Biblical references, but also spiritual knowings and messages. I would be interested to learn what went on with the rest of her life, since the story ends in the 1960's.

[Kathleen Rivello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book.

I'm so into near death experiences that I can't seem to hear enough about the here after or as I believe it to be heaven. I love hearing about the overwhelming of love and joy that I almost envy their experiences.

[Kim · Rating 1 out of 5]

A potentially powerful message and story lost in less than spectacular writing and editing.

[Sheldon Lehman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice story. makes you think about what you may or may not believe.

[Larry Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book. I would recommend it to everyone!

[Jack · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decently written, but not a convincingly credible account -- and I don't think I've ever thought that about an NDE book before. So much religiosity (rather than spirituality) and a surprising absence of talk about telling other people and their reactions, or the struggle to get back into real life like authentic NDE-rs experience.. For ~1960 the account just seems... incomplete. Too fanciful. One small example - the final scene where her father in law says that the blackberries were picked (with great personal effort) in June... blackberries are a late-summer crop, like late July - August. A small lie like this is needless... but suggests that larger, and more numerous, fictions are also likely present. Don't bother reading this one.

[Laura-Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories don't get better than this one. Betty tells how she died, went to Heaven and then came back. ... to tell us all about it. A flowing prose told with integrity and truth and a massive amount of faith in Jesus. Her message is that we don't have to fear the Grim Reaper. I learned that from Betty's pen and mouth 40 years ago. I am looking forward to reading this book again and highly recommend it.
P.S. It would make a wonderful gift for someone who is sick and/or in the hospital. (Print copy or as a download)
Sincerely, Laura-Lee

[Dianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Set in the 50s and 60s, this is the story of a 27 year old woman who was pronounced dead, had the sheet pulled up over her head, then a short time later came back to life, pushed the sheet off, and told the stunned staff and her family about having been to Heaven. That part of the story is the main event, but this book is also about how God used that experience to change a proud, difficult person into the woman He had always intended her to be.

[Paul Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

An encouraging story of hope, love, and forgiveness.

Christians read about the “hope” we have in Christ. What is that “hope”. It’s that we will be in heaven for eternity with Christ. This woman gives a compelling view of her 27 minutes she claims she was in heaven. I believe her and it gives me great hope for my eternal life, and how I should love more in this life. Highly recommended!

[Jan O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uplifting

I read this book when I needed it most ! I was questioning what heaven had to offer. If we become souls with no bodies, do we feel the love of our family members that went before us? Although Betty didn't get to the golden City of Heaven, she experienced , peace, love, forgiveness, and beauty. The whole experience changed her whole life when she was given a second chance of life on earth.

[mr christopher f slater · Rating 5 out of 5]

Astounding and moving

Deeply honest account of a turn from selfish materialism to a walk with Jesus by his Holy Spirit in a place of pain and illness through loss and including a return from death yet still facing grief. I first read this 30 years ago, on rereading the account touches much deeper, really moving and challenging.

[Joy Visser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring Read

My Glimpse Of Eternity is inspiring in that not only does one get to hear about the author’s experience in heaven when she temporarily died but also because she relates about her spiritual journey and intimate encounters with the Lord.

[Rebeka J Assmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!

Great book with scripture to reinforce the truth. Betty has many battles but speaks of how the Lord directs her through the battles.

[Jeanna Read · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick, one hour read, but an eye opener, and a special book full of emotion. An enjoyable read.

[Barb Ratcliffe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful story of how God works in our lives.

[Miki · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had so much potential but fell flat for me. Most of the book was about the author's life and not her experience of glimpsing eternity.

[Georgie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Carmie Lato · Rating 1 out of 5]

I absolutely do not understand how this book got any ratings above 1. Having always been intrigued, perhaps as many of us are, about the after-life and NDE, I was totally misled by the description of the book that states that it's the "amazing account of what the (protagonist) saw, felt, and heard on the other side of the dividing wall that we call death" and how "she returned to her body--to the amazement of her grieving family and the stunned hospital personnel". While it's true that she does describe these things, it's only about two paragraphs long!! The bulk of the book is a recounting of her life and the appendicitis attack that led to her "death"! The actual description of what she saw on the "other side" amounts to a couple of sentences about walking up a hill accompanied by a "person" in robes that she perceived as an angel (by her beliefs), of meeting the being she recognizes as "Jesus" (again as per her beliefs) and a brief description of some pearly gates accompanied by many Catholic Bible verses (that cannot be truly appreciated unless one is Catholic)! There is no explanation as to why she "returned" other than to say that "she had to die to learn to live"!! Albeit the story is decades old, it does not excuse the fact that there is no real detailed accounting of what is on the "other side" other than the contrite stuff we have all heard over and over again and which our religion, especially Catholicism, teaches us anyway -- pearly gates, light, Jesus, God, and a love so pure we don't want to walk away from it! If you never read Betty Malz's story, you would still know all that stuff and after reading her story you still don't know anything about the "after life" beyond that! Very very disappointing!

[Myra Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is extremely meaningful to me. The author tells her personal story in a very sincere way.

[Barbara Mahoney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Betty Maiz had a near death experience. She describes what she experienced and how the experience transformed her life.

There have been a number of books written about near daath experiences (NDE). Two books about NDE recently have been on the NY Times best sellers list - "Proof of Heaven" & "Heaven is for Real." For students of NDE this book is interesting since it was written over 35 years ago. It is one of the earlier written accounts of a NDE. Many of the experiences Betty had during her NDE parallel what others have reported recently in their books.

[Lexie]

Pozycja ta mnie zainteresowała, ponieważ miała dotyczyć doświadczenia po śmierci i zobaczenie nieba. Prawda jest jednak taka, że zajmuje to strasznie mały wycinek całej książki. Większość to opowieść o życiu, chorobie i o wierze w Boga bohaterki oraz jej rodziny. Z książki wypływa dająca nadzieję prawda, choć jednocześnie ta nauka nie jest łatwa. Większy problem jednak leży w tym, że opis książki jest mylący i dostałam raczej nie to, czego się spodziewałam.