John 3:16, we all know it. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. He doesn't make us believe. It's a choice just like everything else we do in life. So.....
....just another day hiding from the troops that he has been evading since 9/11/2001. BOOM!!! In an instant, in the time it takes to blink, it's dark. He has never seen anything this dark. He can't even see the end of his nose. The noise. It's deafening. Is it from the millions of other people screaming that are experiencing the same thing? Is it from the flames that just won't stop? It's hot, he feels as if he is on fire. It stinks like sulphur, burnt meat and rotting flesh. His eyes are burning from the heat. Closing them brings no relief because there are no tears to wet his eyes when he closes them. He can't catch his breath because of the dry, intense heat. The pain is intense and there's no getting away from it. His mouth is so dry. A drop of water to his lips would be such comfort but there is no water to be found. His lips feel chapped and cracked. His tongue is sticking to the roof of his mouth. His throat hurts so bad from the dryness. All this physical pain in such proportions never even imagined much less actually experienced. At the same instant that all this physical torment hit there was also the mental torment to deal with.
Instantly the realization that this is what he will experience for an eternity. This is it. It will never end. Never change for the better. No getting used to it. In the blink of an eye, he knew he was doomed and was now going to spend an eternity dealing with it. The depression that hits knowing that it will never change for the better. The depression may only deepen. He died but still he lives, but it's a life of death. There is no comfort in any of his thoughts. No laughter. No friends. No peace. No quiet. No comfort. Just heat, thirst, flames, darkness, pain, stench, fatigue, loneliness and deep, deep depression. It goes on forever, there is no eight hour shift or lunch break, no weekends or holidays. No one to cry to. He's with millions of people, yet he is alone. Who will listen to him? They are all experiencing the same thing. When he arrived, there was no leaving. At least in the song "Hotel California" you can check out but you can never leave. In Hell you don't check out or leave. You are there and there is no checking out, physically or mentally. No exit door.
Bin Laden was evil and is now paying for the things he did. It's Gods justice system and it's fair. I am not happy that Bin Laden is there because I do not wish this on anyone. On the other hand. He is reaping what he sowed. Jesus died for him just as He died for me. I've made my choice to accept the sacrifice of Jesus for my sins and I'm sure Bin Laden rejected it. It's a choice that we each have to make.
That said, may we all take advantage of every opportunity to show people what God has done for us and the choice that needs to be made before we leave this life. If we do not make the choice to accept the sacrifice that Jesus made for us then we will suffer the same fate as Bin Laden, Hitler, Bundy... Sin is sin. Jesus made the sacrifice, we need to make the choice.
Be blessed and be a blessing.
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