Life is difficult and painful. If I cannot bear it and choose to end it, why can't God take pity of me and help me with salvation? Why must I be condemned to eternal suffering? Does God not love me enough to help me go to a better place?
2007-07-11 15:27:29 · 21 answers · asked by spegason 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well one thing is for sure, if you take your own life you won't be breathing anymore.
Sometimes depression is clinically treatable. Look into it. Also, many times (I'm not saying you) we as people conduct ourselves in ways that bring upon ourselves pain. I was one of these. The way that I lived many years ago brought me a lot of pain, almost to the breaking point. Each day was unbearable. I eventually learned that for me, a lot of my happiness was really a result of my decisions. If I did certain things, I would be happy. If I did other things-unhappy. For those here who are not suffering from a clinical chemical imbalance, yet still living in misery, maybe it is a result of our habits and conduct.
Other possibilities are that other people oppress us for one reason our another, they seem to go out of their way to take joy in our suffering. If this is the case, if at all possible, try to lessen our eliminate contact with the people who are hurting you.
Taking one's own life sometimes carries with it the thought that "this'll show them", or "they'll be sorry I'm gone" type things. Yet, if your dead, you will not be able to :
A. Find out if you're missed.
B. Enjoy the fact that you "showed 'em".
A person taking their own life is basically saying, "my life is too hard, and I want out". Yet truth be known ( and this not to through a guilt trip), we all have it bad sometimes.
What I suggest for immediate relief, is this:
If you have ever been to a beautiful place, a beach, or a forest, or a meadow of flowers near a diamond blue lake, and thought how wonderful this place is, try when you are feeling down to think of a place that is happy.
You know that by thinking of an ocean scene with gentle waves can ( and this is a fact) actually lower your blood pressure? I know this is true, because I used to go to the drugstore bloodpressure machine and take my BP, and then retake it after meditating on the blue sea.
Hope something here helps.
2007-07-11 15:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the answers I have looked at are good in one way or another. But the end answer has to come from your soul and mind. I was at one time a finger flinch from suicide. But I thought about what it would do to my family and friends. It was a really bad time for me within two weeks I lost my health (broke two ribs), my job, And finally my wife (two days before Christmas). The job worked it out so I had no money coming in from any source. No Workman's comp or unemployment although they did pay my medical bills. I always say it sounds like a bad country song. (Thank god I didn't have a dog it would have been doomed!) But I did realize when you think things cant get any worse they will only get better. And they did, maybe not as much as we want but better. I cant tell you what to do but look inside yourself and you will find the answer I did or I wouldn't be writing this now. My best wishes!
2007-07-11 16:01:25 · answer #2 · answered by asniceasicanbe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before you were born, God planned this moment in your life. If you feel hopeless, hold on! You may feel like your facing an impossible situation, you may be trying to do too much, and that causes stress, fatigue and conflict. It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything, without it, nothing is bearable. Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpoose, life has no meaning.
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without a purpose. Hope is essential to your life as air and water. You need hope to cope. You sound like a young person who is struggling with something, perhaps you are struggling to become something, and you may not even know what it is.
I believe in something. God said to the prophet Jeremiah in 29:11-12 " I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you".
You can not fix the problem if you'rve consumed with fixing the blame. Talk to God before talking to the person. Dicsuss the problem with God. If you will pray about the conflict first you will often discover that either God changes your heart or he changes the other person without your help.
Hope you make the right choice.
2007-07-11 15:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by Steve R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't want to live this life, God would probably advise multiple different things rather than killing yourself. Why don't you five your life to God and move to a monastery. If you give up your personal belongings and dedicate your life to God, you will basically be ending your current life, but instead of just going straight to hell (yes committing suicide is a pretty serious sin because you will be giving up on your problems and not trusting that things can be better with simple changes) you'll be making your life useful for yourself, for God, and for the better of mankind.
But remember, this is the very last case scenario. I'm not sure the condition you are living right now, and I can't imagine how hard it is, but you should keep your faith strong and keep fighting to improve your life. You should never give up and just kill yourself.
2007-07-11 15:33:24 · answer #4 · answered by mgkazan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Expand your understanding of God.
Life IS hard. It can be painful, often, it is.
Suicide is a certain way to miss Heaven.
Why? If you are saved, that is, if you have come to place your faith in Jesus and have Him as your Lord, then you need to know you were bought with a price...Jesus died on the cross for you, you are no longer your own, but His.
A Christian has this promise from God, we are never tempted beyond what we are able to bear, but with the temptation makes a way to escape from it.
Trials also. Pray for Christ to enter your life.
2007-07-11 15:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spegason,
We are told NOT to tempt our GOD. This is what you seem to be doing. Do you believe the Bible was not written for you? Do you believe that you can do as you wish and still be a member of Heaven's occupants? I certainly would not place any bets. I would suggest that you become a True Christian and remain faithful until death as we are told in Revelation 2:10. Have a wonderful evening.
Thanks,
Eds (A simple Christian)
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2007-07-11 15:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please, don't do this thing. My sister lost her husband to suicide - I don't know his last thoughts, but I do know how greatly his family and friends suffered after his death. There is nothing so difficult and painful that you can't work through it. Since you did not say you had an unbearable disease - I am assuming that your body is otherwise healthy.
Please, please reach out to someone - call the suicide hot-line, call your pastor, call a friend, check yourself into a hospital stress center - go to the emergency room and tell them what you are planning - please do something.
God does love you - and wants you to love yourself! You take a step to help yourself and He will be right there with you helping you in your recovery.
Claim your recovery - it belongs to you - don't let the darkness win!
2007-07-11 15:38:21 · answer #7 · answered by Patti R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taking your own life is selfish and foolish. You must make your own salvation and be stronger. There is a place for everybody on this earth.....and God does not like ugly. Taking your own life is ugly.
2007-07-11 15:31:21 · answer #8 · answered by Andy B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you have put your trust and faith in the the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be with God in heaven forever. If you haven't you will go to hell. This is Chritianity 101. It may not be politically correct. Nowhere in the Bible states that if your a Christian and commit suicide you will go to hell. However, I believe if you are a Christian and commit suicide , the rewards you will have in heaven will be affected. If you are a believer, the Holy Spirit has enabled you and empowered you to do God's will. God says, "I will never leave you or forsake you"
2007-07-11 15:35:10 · answer #9 · answered by Ryan K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well i seriously hope that you won't do that. My uncle killed himself 2 years ago and not only did it change every bit of family life but it hurt everybody in ways that you couldn't imagine. Hopefully you come by a way to help yourself out of feeling that way. I think that God has his own way of judging, I don't think that we should try to judge ourselves or others because we don't know what perfection really is. good luck!!
2007-07-11 15:32:24 · answer #10 · answered by u-wish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋