"And the truth shall set you free"

I never thought I would end up here, I figured that once I passed away I would either go to heaven or hell, but how did I get stuck here? I guess I have to go back to the night of the accident. I was driving down the highway thinking of the incredible time I had planning the wedding with my fiancé, it had been the perfect night and everything was coming along nicely. On my way back from her apartment I had the windows of my car down, the night was darker than since there was a storm heading my way. I could feel the cool breeze hit my face and a sense of freedom surrounded me. Driving around was something I always loved it brought a sense of freedom, it was a way I would leave my troubles behind but all of the sudden fear took over my body, a fear I would never feel again. My car began to shift to my right and the first thing that came to my mind were the words of my father, a man who taught me everything there was to know about driving, his voice resonated in my mind.  

“Son if you ever get a front flat never press the break, take control of the car, let go of the accelerator and let the car slow down gradually” my father was always trying to tell me how to drive, he was always trying to teach me something new. 

My right foot left the accelerator and I tried to control the car, remembering to not press the break, in the end it was too much, I was driving too fast down the and I couldn’t prevent what was about to happen. I lost control and before I knew it my car was behind an eighteen wheeler, and my body had flung outside the window where I had hit my head, shattering my skull leaving me lifeless, yet I how was I still “alive”?  

I could see the lights from the ambulance, the other driver who was involved in the accident, cars passing by along with some people who would slowly drive by and see what was going on unfortunately I could also see my body being helped by the EMTs; sadly there was not much that they could. 

I heard a voice call my name from the distance, telling me to come to Him that it was time to let go. The truth is that I didn’t want to let go; I knew the kind of life I was leaving behind, my beautiful fiancé would be devastated when she wakes up and hears that her future husband had passed away. How was I supposed to leave all of that behind, how was I supposed to leave her behind?  

I fought to come back to my body, but it was useless as if all of the sudden my body was no longer mine and belonged six feet underground. My soul was caught between eternity and the life I had lived. In my mind pictures of the memories that had made an impact in my life were playing over and over again. Those memories as they finished playing in my head they would vanish and as they vanished my will of coming back to life would dim leading me closer to an afterlife.  

“Come to me!” this time His voice trembled my whole spirit and I gave in to Him, I followed His voice leaving my life behind. 

“Welcome home son”  He was smiling as He welcomed me to heaven, He looked eager to show me around, to introduce me to all those people who have passed away but my mind was somewhere else, my mind was in the life I had left behind and how could that be? Heaven was beautiful there were streets made of gold, there was happiness everywhere I looked, but most importantly there was peace. 

“God why did you call me to your presence when I am so young?” I asked Him worried that my question would bother Him, He turned His face at me grab me by the shoulder and answered with His sweet voice.

“Son I brought you here to show you everything you would be missing out if you continue in the path that you are in right now, to show you that there is an afterlife, to show you that I am real.” His voice began to get a serious tone to it, a sad tone and He extended His hand to distance showing me a dark corner and from that corner I could hear the cry of thousands of people. The smell of sulfur and burning skin impregnated my spirit and I didn’t want to look, my mind didn’t want to know what was happening. 

“What’s happening over there God? Who are they?”  I started to worry for those people that were crying, someone should go help them. 

“Son that’s where you would have been heading if I hadn’t saved you tonight” 

Sadness overcame my body and I began to cry. 

“It’s alright son, don’t cry. Justin I brought you here so you could repent, so you could understand the plans I have for you. Now I’m going to ask you for a favor now that you have seen what’s after life, come back to life, go share what you have learned here so that people can be saved and they don’t have to suffer like the people you are hearing in that dark corner. Wake up Justin, go back to your fiancé and spread the good news”

“b-but God..”  

“Wake up, wake up, wake up. Justin are you alright. ” My fiancé was pushing my body on the couch as she tried to wake me up.  

“Geez honey, it looked like you were having a nightmare!” 

If only she knew what had just happened she would understand. 

Author's Note

what do you guys think about this? be completely honest I'm trying to start to write more, i have a couple of stories in working progress but i need to know how I'm doing before publishing them