THE LETTER

One day a woman named Louise fell asleep in her bed, and dreamt a very upsetting dream. She dreamt that someone in Hell wrote a letter to her, and 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. Louise dreamt that the messenger walked to her house, came inside, and gently - but firmly - woke Louise. He gave her the letter, 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 me 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 is 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 would 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 realised that as a Christian, she had 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 Marsha and invite her to go to church with her. The next morning she called Marsha and this was the conversation: "Morning Bill, is Marsha there?" "Louise, don't you know?" "No, Bill, know what?" "MARSHA WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT. I thought you had known." Fellow Christian, is this your testimony? Are you witnessing to your friends that you are with everyday? Or will there be friends of yours in Hell, asking you why you did not tell them about JESUS? How many of your friends will hold you accountable for not telling them about Jesus and His love? - Author Unknown