Something to think about…
One
day a woman named Louise fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a very fitful
dream. She dreamed that someone from
Hell wrote a letter to her, and a messenger delivered it. The messenger passed between the lakes of
burning fire and brimstone that occupies Hell, and found his way to the door
that would lead him to the outside world.
Louise dreamed that the messenger walked to her house, came inside, and
gently but firmly woke her up. He gave
her a message, saying only that a friend had written it to her from Hell. Louise, in her dream, with trembling hands
took the letter and read:
My Friend,
I stand in Judgment now,
and feel that you’re to blame somehow.
On earth, I walked with you day by
day,
and never did you point the way.
You knew the Lord in truth and glory,
but never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was very dim;
you could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together on earth,
you never told me of the second birth,
and now I stand this day condemned,
because you failed to mention Him.
You taught me many things, that’s true,
I called you “friend “ and trusted you.
But I learn now that it’s too late,
you could have kept me from this fate.
We walked by day and talked by night,
and yet you showed me not the light.
You let me live, and love, and die,
you knew I’d never live on high.
Yes, I called you a “friend” in life,
and trusted you through joy and strife.
And yet on coming to the end,
I cannot, now call you “My Friend.”
-
Marsha
After
reading the letter, Louise awoke. The
dream was still so real in her mind, and sweat dropped from her body in
pools. She swore she could still smell
the acrid smell of brimstone and smoke from her room. As she contemplated the meaning of her dream, she realized that
as a Christian, she had failed in her duty to “go out to all the world and
preached the gospel.”
As
she though of that, she promised herself that the next day, she would call
Marsha and invite her to church with her.
The next morning she called Marsha and this was the conversation:
Yes, Bill, Is Marsha there?
Louise, you don’t know?
No, Bill, know what?
Marsha WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I thought you had known.
Fellow
Christian, is this your testimony? Are
you witnessing to your “friends” whom you are with everyday? Is there a “friend” in hell, asking you why
you did not tell them about the Lord?
As
Christians we must be Christ-Like.
Christ commanded us to go out and preach His word, so that others would
come to the saving knowledge of God. It
says in the Bible in Romans 1:16 that we are not to be ashamed of the gospel of
Jesus Christ for it is the power of salvation to those that believe. The same thing is mentioned in 2 Timothy
1:8. We must tell our friends about the
Lord before it’s too late.
Romans 10:9 & 10
[9]
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
AGAPE,
“Walk with the King and be a blessing.”
-
Author Unknown