I dreamed I was in heaven,

Where an angel kept God's book.

he was writing so intently

I just had to look.

It was not at first his writing,

That made me stop and think,

But the fluid in the bottle,

That was marked Eternal Ink.

This ink was most amazing,

Dark black upon his blotter.

But as it touched the parchment

It became as clear as water.

The angel kept on writing,

But as quickly as a wink

The words were disappearing

With that strange Eternal Ink.

The angel took no notice

But kept writing on and on.

He turned each page and filled it

Till all its space was gone.

I thought he wrote to no avail

His efforts were in vain

For he wrote a thousand pages

That he'd never read again.

And as I watched and wondered that

This awesome sight was mine,

I actually saw a word stay black

As it dried upon the line.

The angel wrote and I thought I saw

A look of satisfaction.

At last he had some print to show

For all his earnest action.

A line or two dried dark and stayed

As black as black can be,

But strangely the next paragraph

Became invisible to see.

The book was getting fuller

The angel's records true,

But most of it was blank with

Just a few words coming through.

I knew there was some reason

But as hard as I could think,

I couldn't grasp the significance

Of that eternal Ink.

The mystery burned within me

And I finally dared to ask

The angel to explain to me

Of his amazing task.

And what I heard was frightful

As the angel turned his head.

He looked directly at me

And this is what he said;

"I know you stand and wonder

At what my writing's worth,

But God has told me to record

The lives of those on earth."

"The book that I am filling

Is an accurate account

Of every word and action

And to what they do amount."

"And since you have been watching

I must tell you what is true.

The details of my journal

Are the strict accounts of you."

"The Lord asked me to watch you

As each day you worked and played.

I saw you as you went to church

I saw you as you prayed."

"But I was told to document

Your life through all the week.

I wrote when you were proud and bold

I wrote when you were meek."

"I recorded all your attitudes

Whether they were good or bad.

I was sorry that I had to write

The things that make God sad."

"So now I'll tell the wonder

Of Eternal Ink,

For the reason for it's mystery

should make you stop and think."

"This ink that God created

To help me keep my journal,

Will only keep a record

Of things that are eternal."

"So much of life is wasted

On things that matter not

So instead of my erasing

Smudging ink and ugly blot,"

"I just keep writing faithfully.

The ink does all the rest.

For it is able to decide

What's useless and what's best."

"And God ordained that as I write

Of all you do and say

Your deeds that count for nothing

Will just disappear away."

"When books are opened someday

As sure as heaven is true;

The Lord's eternal ink will tell

What mattered most to you."

"If you just lived to please yourself

The pages will be bare.

And God will issue no reward~

For you~when you get there."

"In fact you'll be embarrassed.

You will hang your head in shame.

Because you did not give yourself

In love to Jesus'name."

"Yet maybe there will be a few

recorded lines that stayed,

That showed the times you truly cared,

Sincerely loved and prayed."

"But you will always wonder

As you enter heaven's door

How much more glad you would have been

If only you'd done more."

"For I record as God sees

I don't stop to even think

Because the truth is written

With God's Eternal Ink."

"When I heard the angel's story

I fell down and wept and cried

For as yet I still was dreaming

I hadn't really died."

"And I said: "O angel, tell the Lord

That soon as I awake

I'll live my life for Jesus.

I'll do all for His dear sake."

"I'll give in full surrender;

I'll do all He wants me to;

I'll turn my back on self and sin

And whatever isn't true."

"And though the way seems long and rough

I promise to endure.

I'm determined to pursue the things

That are holy, clean, and pure."

"With Jesus as my helper

I will win lost souls to Thee,

For I know that they will live with Christ

For all eternity."

And that's what really matters

When my life on earth is gone.

I will stand before the Lord

And hear Him say well done.

For is it really worth it

As my life lies at the brink

And I realize that God keep books

With His eternal ink.

Should all my life be focused

On things that turn to dust?

From this point on I'll serve the Lord;

I can. I will. I must!

I will not send blank pages

Up to God's majestic throne.

For where that record's going now

Is my eternal home.

I'm giving all to Jesus.

I now have seen the link.

For I saw an angel write my life

With God's Eternal Ink.

~Author Unknown~

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