There’s a lie that exists.
It’s powerful, pervasive and
penetrating. It whispers you’re worthless, it whispers you’re unnecessary. It
says that no one loves you…that life is too hard and that ceasing to exist will
end your suffering.
You’ve been raped
You’ve been abused
You’ve been talked about
Talked down to
Spit on
And kicked while you were low
And you feel so alone
So what’s the point, right?
Why bother…life doesn’t love you, right?
That was me at one brief point in my life, but I had a
praying mother. Who covered me continuously in the blood of Jesus, who prayed
protection, provision, and vision into my future.
Suicide is such a limited conversation in the world. The
quickest way to gain the label of a mental disorder is to admit that you don’t want
to live anymore.
So people, even though they have the thoughts, never talk
about it. You’re labeled crazy the moment you admit you’ve wanted to die…or
worse want to die.
You’re labeled crazy if you have no clue what to do with
your life, if you can’t figure out how to cope with the stress…if after
multiple let downs, you simply have no desire to get up in morning.... If sleeping
through the day sounds better than living it.
You’re labeled crazy if you don’t have all the answers…or
any of the answers,. You’re labeled crazy if you don’t know how to deal, if you
self-medicate with alcohol and drugs, but still can’t escape the pain that gnaws
at the inside of your brain, heart and veins.
And the worst part of it all is…because no one is talking
about it, you feel so alone…you feel like you must be the only one.
I’m going to make a bold statement and say that all of us,
if not the majority of us have thought about death, ending it all, killing ourselves….However
you want to phrase it to avoid offending your delicate sensibilities.
Jesus is speaking and he says in John 10:10 The thief approaches with malicious intent, looking to steal,
slaughter, and destroy; I came to give life with joy and abundance.
As long as you breathe, there is an adversary: the devil, the great thief. He comes to steal your purpose, the plans and
directions that God has for your life…the calling that God has placed in you. Whether
saved, or unsaved, the devil is your enemy and his hatred for you is so deep that he desires to steal your life, and to make you think it’s worthless.
That’s the reason suicide seems like the logical solution when chaos
shrouds you.
Without an understanding of Christ, without an understanding
of the immense love that configured for your divine birth, it’s easy to believe
every single lie that the enemy throws into your ears and whispers into your
heart.
But thank God that there is an answer, that Jesus is that answer.
This is for the boy, girl, man or woman…who
considered suicide when the rainbow was enough.
The father’s love, the acceptance of Christ
changes you. It will fulfil you, it will make you whole and when you have no
reason to smile. He will give you joy.
Jeremiah 29:11-12 For I
know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are
plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those
days when you pray, I will listen
.
That is a promise from the one who is
faithful when everyome and everything fails .
Your purpose is not in the chaos of your circumstances. You are not alive by chance, or happenstance…or even by choice. You were ordained.
So if worthlessness eclipses your vision for
your future.
If you can’t see what lies beyond the
sorrow, if you know nothing else.
Know this:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life.
Trust God. Jesus
died so that you may have everlasting life, so that the holes will be filled,
so that you will be fulfilled, so that in the darkness you will finally see light.
Romans 8:31 So what should we
say about all of this? If God is on our side, then tell me: whom should
we fear?
The God of the universe is on your side. HE fights for you, no one can come against you...not the evil thoughts…not your circumstances, not the demons of your past.
Habakkuk 2:3 “For still the vision
awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems
slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.”
God is not
late in his promises. He has plans for you that are of good, of peace, of a future.
And he will fulfil them.
Don’t run ahead of God, don’t end it all because you believe you know
best. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your
heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge
him, and he will make straight your paths.
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