Hell

It is not a word I like to say or a place I want to think about. Hell is the fiery furnace of ever lasting misery. The sad fact is, that long before the Ancient of Days comes to render the last judgement, we create our own Hell. It is the constant negative feeling of failure, lack of self worth, jealousy of others, and self hate. It is the unrelenting pain from injuries and illness. It is the unrequited love. It is hunger and thirst and loneliness. It is every bad feeling and every bad deed. Can we escape it? Forgiveness may give minor relief. Prayer may lead us in the right direction. But, hell is still there. If you don't feel you are in yours, you can see clearly that others are in theirs. It keeps coming back with every sin. And sometimes we find we are being punished without knowing the sin. How do we extinguish hell- we cannot. Jesus, the living water is our only hope and relief. Why our nature was designed this way seems a cruel trick. Or is it just a test? What does not kill us, will make us stronger. How many die because they are not strong. Some die because they are strong enough to fight for others. Hell is combat, suffucation, torture and abuse. Hell is horrible and we are told that it is worse than anything we have yet experienced. Let us leave hell and embrace only the love that God gave us.