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One day a woman named Lisa fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a very
fitful dream. She dreamed that someone in Hell wrote her a letter. It
was to be delivered to her by a messenger.
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. Lisa dreamed that the messenger walked to her house,
came inside, and gently but firmly woke Lisa up. He gave her the
message, saying only that a friend had written it to her from Hell.
Lisa, 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 the 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."
After reading the letter, Lisa 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 has failed in her duty to "go out to all the world and preach
the gospel." As she thought of that, she promised herself that the
next day, she would call her friend Marsha and invite her to church with
her. The next morning she called Marsha and this was the conversation:
Yes, Bob, Is Marsha there?
Lisa, you don't know?
No, Bob, know what?
Marsha was killed last night in a car accident. I thought you knew.
~Author Unknown~
Matthew 28:19, Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 24:47, And that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name among all nations ,
beginning at Jerusalem.
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