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For those of you who are not Christian and read this, do not leave me any comments that are nasty, unneeded, and beyond the point of being rude and insulting. I'd rather not have to deal with your incompetence. This is a message for those Christians, or for people who want to believe in God.

I have recently read, and am still reading, a book by Kenneth Zeigler known as Heaven and Hell: The Journey of Chris and Serena Davis. Though I have not completely read it all, I have read the first nine chapters, and the final chapter. The book is definitely something that I will openly and honestly say that it is a life-changing experience. The story is about a couple in Arizona, I believe it is, who die in a car crash in the very beginning of the book. Chris, the husband, is a strong man of God and a preacher. His wife, Serena, is a Pagan who, more or less, worships a goddess. After their deaths, they part ways and Chris finds himself in the presence of the Lord, whilst Serena finds herself in the Outer Darkness, in the realm of Satan, himself. She wanders about hell for twelve hours, seeing all the tortures that hell has to offer to all its victims. She wanders Satan's damned kingdom on her own journey to where Satan has sentenced her: the Sea of Fire. Though I will not go into details of the horrors she experienced, primarily because I do not know them all, still having four hundred pages to read, I will say that it ended in a much more brightened way. In the end, Chris and Serena find themselves saved and alive, where Serena turns her face to the Lord as a true, strong, Christian woman and they decide to spend their lives telling everyone of the horrors of hell and of Satan.

I will say that this is a book that could change anyone's life who read it. Even after reading just the ending, I found myself to the point of tears for two reasons. One: because the couple had been reunited and given another chance at life. And two: because it gave me a sudden realization that if I were to die right now, I would probably have walked Serena's path in hell and not given a second chance. With the way I have lived my life in the past three years, even being a Christian, I would find myself in hell. I've been more than a simple hypocrite, and it's hard for me to go into details of how I've been wrong in my life. But I've done a many of bad things in the past three years since my mother left, but this book has opened my eyes and sent me down a different path.

I come now to tell anyone who is interested, now, in reading this book to buy it from either online or your local Christian Family Book Store and read it with an open heart and open mind. My purpose of writing this journal is not to be the typical type of preacher that says, "If you do not do this, you are going to hell." I am not that type of person. However, I wrote this journal to tell everyone to read this book and find a reason, if nothing more, to turn away from any truly sinful acts that you constantly find yourself doing.

If you do comment this journal, do not bash me on things. I have no time for anyone's arrogance in thinking they are right and I am wrong. If you do not believe in God and you find that my writing was a waste of time, then keep it to yourself. No one else who does believe in God wants to see it. But if anyone does want to know a little bit more of the things I have read, feel free to ask in a comment of a private message. Or if anyone wants to simply talk about things and they need someone to listen, do not fear telling me - I am here for that purpose.

God be with you all.