©2003 Charles Darby
THE LETTER FROM HELL
One day a woman named Martha fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a very frightful dream. She dreamed 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 Hell, and found his way to the door that would lead him to the outside world.
Martha dreamed that the messenger walked to her house, came inside, and gently but firmly woke her up. He gave her the message, saying only a friend had written it to her from Hell. Martha, 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."
---Betty
After reading the letter, Martha 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 acidic stench of brimstone and smoke in her room. As she contemplated the meaning of her dream, she realized that as a Christian, she 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 Betty and invite her to church with her.
The next morning she called Betty and this
was the conversation:
"Bill, Is Betty there?" "Martha, you don't
know?" "No, Bill, know what?" "Betty was Killed Last Night In A Car Accident.
I thought you knew." (Author Unknown)
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