Life is a gift?

Question

Is life truly a gift?

I think of birthdays, christmas and other occasions when we are given gifts. If we don't like the gift, we can return it to the store.

If that is the case, why is suicide frowned upon so much. Is it not just a way of returning a gift that you don't want.

I am not for suicide as I know it has horrible effects on family members that live, but as a philosphical question, if one wanted to return the gift of life, should they not be allowed to?

I've heard stories where no person on earth didn't come to earth before telling God that yes indeed he/she wants to come to earth...in other words it was our free will. That may be, but how many times have you been asked what you want as a gift and after you receive it, you realize it's not that great and want to return it.

I don't consider life a gift. I do consider it a chore, a burden that I have to deal with.

Would love to hear some thoughts on this.

Thank you

Answer 1

Yes it is wrong to end your self
but only God will judge

You need to think about the selfish impact you will have on those who love you
My Grandfather committed suicide......to me He though of himself and not those he left behind with the questions of "Why" and "We could have worked though this together"

Answer 2

Life is a gift, it’s just that some parts or it really do stink.

There are times in our lives when life really does seem like a chore. Sometimes it seems completely unfair. Sometimes it seems there is absolutely nothing worth looking forward to in the future.

When I was about 20 and bought a bottle of sleeping pills that was exactly how I felt.

Fortunately the pills just made me sick and I survived. Then as he years went by wonderful things began to happen in my life. I found true love, experienced all the joys of motherhood, met truly inspiring people, got to do things that I never dreamed possible.
Then there were all those special little moments of enjoying the sheer joy of a perfect day.

What I’m saying is, yes, life can really be rotten at times and the burdens can seem too great to carry. But the bad times do pass. Good things, wonderful things could be right around the corner for you. We usually gain some of the most important insights about ourselves and about life when we’re going through the bad times, although it is impossible to understand that at the time.

Just remember that God is with you even during the darkest moments and he does know everything that you are capable of accomplishing with your life. But if these feelings keep up, please find a good Christian counselor to talk with.
And you will be in my prayers.

Answer 3

This is my theory....life is a gift that god has given each and everyone of us. Some of us are absolutely tickled pink with the gift that god has given because he loaded his gift to us called
"life" with a whole bunch of extra's (the added value package) such and great parents, killer goodlooks, ton's of wealth etc...etc...other's get the econo gift pack (you get the jist). If you are saddled with the econo gift pack you maybe missing some of the essential components to making that gift really fun and worth while.

But once you are given a gift from God it is really not acceptable to return it (because god didn't give you a gift enclosure or the name of the department store where you could return the "gift").

So the delema is what to do with the gift that you received that you may not feel is useful. You can't throw it away because it's not used up yet and that would simply be sinful. So the best solution to this problem is to take that gift and start adding all the essential parts needed to make it useful and fun for yourself.

Say you where missing great love and nuturing in your "gift" package, then get out there and find that part of the package that was missing in the "gift". By adding things to that "gift" step by step the gift that you may have wanted to return initially will soon have everything you required to make it precious and useful to you.

So when the time comes and God reviews what was created by the "gift" he gave each of us individually. He will be looking to see what gift's where put to the best use. If you got the "added value package" it really would be difficult to see much of a change, but if you where "gifted" with the econo package and you added all the extra's yourself to make it worth while and work for you, then you tell me who would have lived and more productive and interesting life in the end....which one really was the most valuable "gift"......things that make you say hummm?

Answer 4

I don't think there is anything in the Bible that could be interpreted as God asking all souls whether they want to be born or not. Sort of ridiculous idea that a soul would want to distance itself from the Lord, don't you think?

I believe the Lord thinks in black and white; either it is a sin or it isn't, as He is without sin, any tarnish would be the same. We are forgiven our sins by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and are also further forgiven by asking and repenting.
If those suppositions are correct, suicide might be a sin, but forgiven by our loving Lord.

Doctors seem to think suicide is usually caused by clinical types of depression, I'm not so sure. Sometimes I think perhaps suicide is appropriate, and not just for terminal illness.

Answer 5

This is why: Because it is not yours to give, and not yours to take. Your soul belongs to God. You cannot take from God and deplete him, nor can you give to him and increase him.

God understands that you have trials. What he would like you to do is seek him. God has a purpose for your life that you will only get to know when you seek his will for you. If you never seek it, you will never fulfill your purpose--which is a good purpose. If you end your life, you will most certainly never get to do the job that God has reserved for you and is waiting to give you the power to do, once you ask him for that power. If you say to God, essentially, "No, thanks," you are not returning anything. You are murdering that which God created and that which God loves. You are saying to God that you hate his creation so much that you are willing to commit this great offense and bleed the life out of what is his. You are saying that God made a mistake, and that you lost hope in him. Because if you feel your life is burdensome, you have not gone to he who carries our burdens to ask him to help you carry it--or you have not done it earnestly, or you have not done it in humility. One or the other.

You sound bogged down in dreariness, drudgery, and hopelessness. I am sorry that you are feeling this way, and I would like to let you know that there is hope. I have felt how you have felt, and I am utterly free of all of those feelings today. My life is completely transformed.

How did this happen? I gave up. I went to God, on my knees, and said, "I give up. I cannot handle living. I can't 'do' life. Will you please teach me how to live? Will you show me what to do, where to go, what to say? Will you reveal your will to me?" I prayed earnestly and in humility for however long it took. God rewarded my devotion by relieving me of my burdens. Life used to be this heavy, awful thing for me--and today it is light and easy. I still undergo trials, but they are not hard, because God has given me hope and strength to face life the way life is...not how I wish it was.

I hope that you will choose to seek God, and that you won't harm yourself.

Best to you in your search and your trials.

Answer 6

All are free to commit suicide if they choose. If I ever get to the point where life is no longer worth living and there is no hope of improvement, I plan to do that. My family is just going to have to deal with it if it comes to that.

Answer 7

Life is a Hell.