Monday, 26 December 2011
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Suicide: Don't Do It, Please
It all started on the date that our mother gazed lovingly at our tiny face while she held our frail bodies after a long or short labor.
Didn't we all began small, with the same human knowledge? That when you are hungry, you open your mouth searching for that thing that will fill your hunger; that when you are upset or frightened, you cry and naturally tears flow from your eyes, or that when you are happy, the corners of your mouth stretch outwardly to form a beautiful smile.
To cut short with all this philosophy. There's something that bothers me a lot.
Suicide.
Right now this word brings me a lot of pain and sadness, but let me quickly tell you that there was a time when this word was friendly to my world. But thank God (yes, thanks to Jesus) this word is a complete enemy to me and every SINGLE person of this world. I absolutely despise it.
My change of mind is certainly due to the opening of my eyes of the REAL purpose to why Suicide claims the many lives of people all over the world. To bring more people to an afterlife of hell. Simple as.Picture this: A beautiful baby crawling around the soft padded carpet while his/her parents carefully watch in awe to how quickly their baby has adapted. Now would you imagine such baby in the future committing hanging him/herself at the age of 32 in a small room, to be later found by loved ones?
Obviously I know that there is circumstances that occur to get to that stage, but what happened? What was so bad that this person could not open up? Where did their pain began? Wasn't there anything that anyone could do to stop it?Please tell me what do you think about Suicide? Have you ever thought about it? What is after Suicide?
Honestly, Suicide nearly claimed my life. But now I know that there's is always a way out. So if you are reading and you are feeling low, don't do it. Your life is precious to God, that is why He sent His only Son to die in your place so you may have everlasting life - John 3:16. Have you ever heard of any other God that sacrifices His Son for ALL of us? If you kill yourself you'll spend eternity away from God. So Suicide will not be your way out to a peaceful place, it will be your entrance to a miserable and horrible eternity away from the One who made you and knew you even before you were formed in your mother's womb - Jeremiah 1:5
I know it hurts, but there's a way out. If you want someone to talk to you, I am here add me or message me. But Jesus is right there with you right now, talk to Him and ask Him to save you. He never failsGod TRULY loves You!
Do you know someone who has tried to commit suicide? How has suicide impacted your life? How can we help those who feel like there are no alternatives?
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It sounds like you are focused on those with moderate depression. Religion alone won't help those with crippling chronic psychological and physical issues. I don't have any of these issues so I cannot judge those who decide to commit suicide.
I have been suicidal in my past and God truly helped me overcome with also help of a community of people.
My husband has been suicidal throughout our marriage. A mix of medicine, loving support, and counseling is what has helped him, along with God.
I understand why some people do it. The pain is just too much for them. I sympathize--this world is hell!
And I can't believe God would allow/perpetrate infinite more lifetimes of pain for those people. That is unthinkable, friends. If mere humans can take pity and be willing to lend these souls peace and/or happiness if they could...then why can't the Almighty Father?
I like to think God has mercy and understanding on the suicidal, both living and dead.
i love jesus, but reading john 3:16 doesn't fix the chemical imbalance in my brain, sorry. yet another christian who is confused about what fixes depression and suicidal ideations.
A very dear young friend of mine committed suicide about 14 years ago. He was a great kid, but had had a very hard life. He had parents with severe addition issues that would beat him every day. The things he went through are simply aweful. But he still had this sweet personality.. He was just a great kid, the kind everyone loved to be with. Not a lot of people knew what was happening to him, but those who did tried to get it to stop.. only it got worse. So bad that his dad put him in the hospital for almost a month... he ended his life on the way home. I still have the long letter he wrote me, and i will treasure it for ever.
I get why he did it........ but i still miss him.
Not in this country. It's illegal!
@tst08@xanga - Illegality doesn't really mean much if the person succeeds.
I think the worst way to try to prevent suicide is to just try and scare them by telling them they're going to hell.
The best is hard, even harder to admit you need enough help that you need to go to a mental health institution. I tried to kill myself last summer and as suicide is illegal that's where I ended up, and although it sucked it got rid of any suicidal thoughts that remained within me.@full_of_contradictions@xanga - exactly, the bible can't give me the endorphins my brain is lacking, and neither can God. God can only inspire those to get the help they need and to go on medication.
Christians too often ignore science in the belief that God will solve their problems. God can only give you the willpower and the accessibility to these things, but ultimately God gave us the free will to decide whether to utilize these resources or not.Someone with severe, crippling depression can not be 'saved' from suicide by simply reading a Bible verse or by being told they're going to hell.
I also don't think God would put a chemical imbalance in one's brain, leading to suicide, just to send them to hell. I really think you have to be in the position to understand. Being okay with leaving your family, friends, and life behind, just to stop the pain.
If you've been in the position, I think you would understand.
Oh, and let it be known that my belief in God has basically been shattered due to my depression. So yes, if I decided I wanted to kill myself, the 'God loves you' would not work.
@thirst2@xanga - it means you die a reprobate criminal. I'd say that matters much!
Okay, you had me for the first six paragraphs and from someone who's struggled with suicidal thoughts and attempts since age 12, I understand. But I know God doesn't love me. I'm agnostic. From what I studied in the Bible, the Christian God loves only those who obey Him. His love is fleeting and can be easily changed in a moment.
@big_fatslob@xanga - Love doesn't change. People lose love on purpose and then find replacements that they don't want. Then they worship those replacements because they have to. Because God is vengeful and hates on his exes.
God loves people who disobey Him. God loves people who call him Goddess. God even loves people who call Him Satan. As long as they are seeking in earnest He doesn't cast people out. Sikhs find God by accepting that "Everything is Good," and "Only God is Good."
Agnostics find God by throwing up.
@big_fatslob@xanga - Please don't think God's love is conditional on your obediance. Every human on the planet is born a sinner, and therefor at some point disobeys God. He loves us all, with all our faults. That is what Jesus is all about, our acceptance of His death for us wipes out our sin. That doesn't mean we won't continue to disobey - we will. But it will be forgiven. If you know nothing else, please know God loves you. I struggled to accept this for a long time, but finally I did. See my testimony http://talkingchristian.blogspot.com
On the issue of depression, a faith helps, but the only real cure is medication and counselling, neither of which should be snubbed and should be considered an expression of God's love for us.
"My change of mind is certainly due to the opening of my eyes of the REAL
purpose to why Suicide claims the many lives of people all over the
world. To bring more people to an afterlife of hell. Simple as."
I disagree very much with the "simplicity" of your statement. I believe that truth is never so simple, and neither is the judgement of whether a person who commits suicide goes to hell. You are effectively saying that regardless of the circumstances, circumstances that can be as dire as insanity itself, a person who ends his/her own own life will always end up in an eternity away from God. Only God knows a person's heart. You cannot draw such rigid lines, or else I'm missing a verse in the bible that leads you to this conclusion.
However, I might be inclined to agree that many who commit suicide do end up in a place not too dissimilar from where they ended their life: an eternity of being willingly blind to, and therefore isolated from, God's presence and goodness.
@tst08@xanga - Stop the drugs. They're not helping you.
@TalkingChristian - I can see how counseling, helpful medications and the breakthroughs that follow could be seen as an extension of God's love.
Lulz, you sound like the same moron that would have a preacher pray over them to make their cancer disappear, instead of going into treatment at an actual hospital that could ACTUALLY cure it. Its okay though, your beliefs are a good population control method. We need more idiots to die, so that the earth can be filled with more logical people, who will ACTUALLY progress the human race.
@Pcgecko85@xanga - Very true. I used to be somewhat religious but now that I am dealing with a big mental disorder, I simply feel indifference towards it.
I've had a hard time trusting God lately.... I was raped & it really just messed with everything.... i dont see anything in life worth anything without my relationship with God... & i dont feel like im ever going to get back to the place i once was with him.... i've lost my faith.... death just seems like the next natural step....
@Strawberry_Auberry@xanga - What happened to you was not your fault or God's. I went through a similar experience, God alone could not help me. But it was through God that other Christian friends and our Pastor could find me the right help and help me to move forward, it has been a couple of years now, and I am in a different place - not the final place, but I am improving. Even if at the moment your faith seems to have gone, you are a special and loved person and a value to this world, please don't think you are not. http://talkingchristian.blogspot.com
@big_fatslob@xanga - Stop judging by meat and drink, pharisee.
Again, a person has the right to die. It's not our job to stop them or try to talk them out of it. It's their life, they have the right to end it whenever/however they please. That's why I absolutely refuse to take an anti-suicide stance and I don't try to talk people contemplating suicide out of it.
I've been that low before. A simple "God loves you" (and ESPECIALLY to people who don't believe) will NOT help. If anything, it makes matters worse. Why are you trying to talk them out of it anyway? Because YOU want them to live? You say suicide is selfish, well so is that.
technically, i was most depressed when i was Christian. your suggestion of reading the Bible would probably drive me to suicide.
God didn't save me... i saved myself. it's simply one of the many reasons why i'm agnostic. if the Christian god is real, He didn't help me one bit. i got help, and i continue to get help. also, i don't see why God would send someone to Hell for acting on a chemical imbalance He created them with.
I have attempted suicide twice, but have been on a road to full recovery from my depression since late 2008.
I love God and am in complete awe of His sacrifice for me, but reading His word or praying to Him never made me feel better enough to stop my attempts. My suicide attempts were based on a feeling of hopelessness buried so deep inside me that I honestly thought nothing would ever get better.
I've been thinking about how to help others who are depressed and suicidal since the beginning of my recovery. I think everyone's problems are different, but hopelessness is probably the one thing that they (we?) all have in common. I'm still searching for ways to help. I for sure know that shoving Bible verses down their throat and/or telling them they'll go to hell is absolutely NO help, though.
Not going to lie. I've thought a lot about suicide in the past. Having fairly bad depression on top of losing my dad to cancer. Watching him literally shrivel up and die made me question God at the time.
Now it's not so much of an issue. I have used religion to help and it is usually successful when my mind is open up enough. Still recently things have gotten pretty bad. Losing my job and being without a job for so long even after filling out a ton of apps is putting more unneeded stress on my shoulders. Like time is running out and I have no where to go when my money saved up is gone. I can only count my blessings. I do have a place to live. Even if its with my sister and her 5 loud kids and my health is still decent even though I am forced to cut down on food consumption quite a bit.
What's waiting after death? No one can answer that. For all we know. Nothing waits for us...Just the idea of freedom from the pain and suffering dealt with in the current life.