If you died today, would you be ready for eternity? This week's member-submitted poem called Eternity in Hell, will make you stop and consider that all-important question.

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Eternity in Hell

I had died and my soul was brought before God
To be judged for the journey that I had trod.

The terrible truth about my life had finally hit
Concerning my journey and how my life was spent.

The Ten Commandments appeared before me one and all
I was asked one by one, how I'd obeyed their beckoning call.

The answers terrified me to my core
There was nothing hidden, standing on God’s floor.

I was asked one by one about the deeds I had done
Did I obey God’s rules and law, or did I forsake them one and all.
Read more ... Eternity in Hell by Bob Patterson.

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