Just keep strong with it, and I will be praying for you

I know this is an older post, but I felt led to shine some light on this topic. I am mainl going to comment on the other side of suicide. suicide is normally a result of a major "true" depression. there are 2 kinds of depression there is the one kind that is basically just a really bad mood, this is the loose version for depression. then there is the true depression, one that is more than just a bad mood, it is a chemical embalance that you have no control over, on your own, you need to get help before it is too late. When someone committs suicide, it is not our place to judge on whether they will go to hell. this depends on if they are just mad and on the spur-of-the-moment, they committ suicide, or if it is do to a chemical embalance. I know, I am a devout christian who was raised in church my whole life, yet when i had a chemical embalance, i was 99.9% ready to committ suicide.
Please do not take this next comment the wrong way, but untill you have went through a "true" depression please do not judge people or make the comment to them, "oh just snap out of it" this is the worse comment you can ever make to someone going through a "true" depression. I do not wish a "true" depression on anyone, but I think everyone should have to live through a "true" depression for 2 days, just so they can see there is more to it. It is a very hard thing to deal with, sometimes you realize what you are doing, but because of the chemical embalance it is out of your control. and then there are days you don't care.
I hope and pray this makes sense, if you want to email me, feel free to, if you would like to chat on this, please let me know, we can do it via yahoo messenger or the text messenger thing on here. God bless you, all.

This is another topic, we need to keep up front so to say, I feel with gas prices skyrocketing and wages not going up to match it, that suicide will become more popular, I hope and pray it doesn't, but just have a feeling it is. I am going to pray that God will bless anyone who is contemplating suicide and also ask them to talk to their close friends or someone to help them get over the urge. I feel this is my calling, because I had went through it at one time and it is scary.

This was good even on the reread...thanks for bringing it upfront Rick.

You know . . . A lot of things can be said about this thing, yet I personally can't be too . . . dogmatic about it all.

And yes, I believe this should be brought up, especially with economy lately. This has crossed my mind, that many will begin thinking of suicide because of the economy. Especially men, who may believe or have been taught that if they cannot make lots of money to be wealthy then they are worthless . .

But you know, I don't think I've said it many times, but growing up I tried to commit suicide more times than I can count. God stopped the effects each time, and the last time made very clear that HE was the one to say when I die, not me . . . and until that day I have work to do for the Lord.

You know, if a soldier throws himself on a grenade to save the lives of his fellow soldiers . . . is that suicide? The Lord Jesus knew He was going to die on the cross . . . did He commit suicide because He let it happen? . . . no. Those are SACRIFICES . . . laying your life down, for others. A big difference there, right?

The Word says those who mess with this temple of the Holy Spirit, will be condemned . . . But . . . I think we keep complicating a simple thing:

Any lost soul who commits suicide . . . where does he/she go? To Hell. Why? Because of suicide, no. Because they chose not to give their life to Christ Jesus.

Any Christian who commits suicide now . . . THAT is the question. Not if suicide will send someone to hell, because what sends people to hell is the lack of walking through the door that leads to the heavenly Father (Jesus)

If a Christian commits suicide . . . The Lord in His Word tells us to do so many things, and none of them are to end your life. Rather to live it for Him, to work for Him while in this earth, and so forth. Committing suicide . . . is at the least, refusal to obey the Lord. Disobedience . . .

So that brings the question of, Does God automatically forgive someone of their disobedience, sin, selfishness, etc. if they died before having a chance to ask Him for forgiveness and work on not doing it again? Does the Blood of Christ automatically cleanse you of sin that you've not had the chance to ask for forgiveness? Remembering also that sin cannot be in the presence of God the Father in heaven, which is why we need Jesus to cleanse us of it so we can indeed live with the Father. This is a question I've often wondered myself.

To be safe though, we should live for the Lord fully. Do not even try such a risky thing as suicide, because there is no "oops, I'm sorry" or any going back to change your mind afterward.