according to immotem in the movie mummy " death is only the beginning and according to the Bible, death is only an end to one journey and the commencement of another so the fact that death brings an end to our relationship with the living does not make it the end of the end.
specialist, psychologist and a whole lot of professionals have over the years try to give reasons why people choose to commit suicide and according to them t6hese include;
*Frustration
*Poverty
*Emotional pains
*Heartbreak
*loneliness etc.
if you ask me, I will say only self-centered and selfish people commit suicide no matter the justification because whatever you think you are going through right now, someone somewhere is going through worse so suck it up.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
A man had one wrap of beans cake so he concluded he was going to eat it and then go hang himself because according to him his situation was unbearable. with the only beans cake in one hand and a rope to hang himself, on the other hand.
he went to a tree in the forest, climbed to the top of the tree, ate the beans cake and place the rope around his neck to commit suicide but to his amazement, a stranger passing saw the wrapper from the beans cake at the foot of the tree, licked it and gave thanks to God for it. then he realized his case is not even closed to being the worst case in the world so he came down from the tree and went home with a changed perspective.
A man in my church decided to end it all because according to him the whole world was gunning for him so he drank a chemical for killing mosquitoes (sniper) and said nothing to his wife about it not until he started feeling severe pains in his stomach that he said to his wife " take me to the hospital for I drank sniper". unfortunately, he died before he could get to the hospital and he is survived by a wife and four sons. according to his wife, her husband was in debt but debt for me is not a cogent reason to end his life for, leaving all the responsibility to his poor wife and creating a vacuum a thousand words or tears cant fill.
a selfish act
Ecclesiastes 9:4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
it surprises me to see people who have spent significant time in this terrestrial ball we call earth still clueless in the fact that life is the biggest bully of all time. it always kicks you where it hurts the most and not less so you have to always have your fighting gloves on even when in bed and don't ever allow life catch you slacking or you will regret it.
are you weak?
11 Corinthians 12:8-10 (NKJV)
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
paul like Jesus in the above scripture was saying in verse 8 " let this cup Passover me " but his understanding was enlightened and he realized weakness is strength as far as God is in the picture. there is no running or shying away from the inevitable but to face it head-on.
Death is not the end but the beginning
