"HELL!"

A young mother tells of going to kiss her young daughter goodnight.  Approaching her child's bed, she hears her sobbing!  The mother asks her daughter 'what is the problem?'  The daughter leans in to the mother, cups her hands  and whispers in the mother's ear, "HELL!"  The mother thinking she misunderstood asks, "what?!!"  The daughter again whispers, "HELL!"  The mother asks why is she crying, what has occurred in regard to hell that is making her sad.  The daughter responds, "I have sinned many times lately and I'm afraid of hell."

Two verses come to mind as I heard this story: "unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."  Matthew 18:3    "...knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men..."  2 Corinthians 5:11

Well, and one more: "Jesus, said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Let us again be pained with the wrath of God that will ultimately send us to "hell" unless we  repent.  Let us as believers be all about turning sinners toward Christ.  May they experience in their hearts like this little child, a holy fear of "hell"!!