No Humor This Week

Hi everyone,

My grandmother passed away this past week, so there will not be any
humor for this week. I will be flying back to Taiwan this Wednesday to
attend her funeral and coming back on Sunday. She was in her early
eighties and her health was pretty poor. So her death was not too
unexpected.

I was fortunate to have stayed with her in Taiwan for a week last
summer. Also, praise God that she accepted Christ some years ago. I
know that I'll be reunited with her someday in heaven.

Due to my grandmother's death, this week's thought provoking question
is: "If you died tonight, what would happen to you?"

If you are not sure that you would go to heaven, and/or you would like
me to share with you my thoughts on this question, just let me know. I
would be happy to give you a call and tell you about how to be sure that
you will go to heaven.

We are all fairly young and rarely think about death. However, lately,
there has been more and more deaths due to earthquakes, fires, rain
storms, blizzards, shootings, viral infections, etc. Even though we
think that we will live for a long time, the fact is that,
unfortunately, we could also be in a tragic car accident at any time.
So, if you haven't given this whole topic much thought, I would strongly
encourage you to do so.

Please pray for my family, especially my mom. Also, pray that my
parents and I will have an opportunity to share the Gospel with my
aunts, uncles and cousins, who are all non-believers. Thanks.

-Josh.

P.S. Attached is a story forwarded by Catherine Wu almost three years
ago. It impacted me greatly back then, and I want to share it with you
now.
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THE LETTER

One day a woman named Louise fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a
very fitful 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 burning fire and brimstone that occupies
Hell, and found his way to the door that would lead him to the outside
world. Louise dreamed that the messenger walked to her house, came
inside, and gently but firmly woke Louise up. He gave her the message,
saying only that a friend had wrote it to her from Hell. Louise, 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."

Marsha

After reading the letter, Louise 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 acrid smell of brimstone and smoke from her
room. As she contemplated the meaning of her dream, she realized that
as a Christian, she has 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 Marsha and invite her to church with her. The next
morning she called Marsha and this was the conversation:

Yes, Bill, Is Marsha there?
Louise, you don't know?
No, Bill, no what?

Marsha WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I thought you had
known.

Fellow Christian, is this your testimony? Are you witnessing to
your friends that you are with everyday? Is there a friend in hell,
asking you why you did not tell them about the Lord?

As Christians we must be Christ-Like. Christ commanded us to go
out and preach his word, so that others would come to the saving
knowledge of God. It says in the Bible in Romans 1:16 that we are not
to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. Also in 2 Timothy 1:8 says the
same thing. We must tell our friends about the Lord before it is too
late. I need to also, because I have many friends who if they were to
die right now, would spend eternity in a place prepared for the devil
and his angels. Let's be witnesses to the world, Christians.
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Joshua Li
14400 Addison Ave. #119
Sherman Oaks CA 91423
(818)461-8930
Instant Messenger ID: joshli
Permanent Email: joshli@post.harvard.edu
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/joshua.li/