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Re: Suicide » PTSD_Girl

Posted by rayww on September 8, 2004, at 11:11:03

In reply to Suicide, posted by PTSD_Girl on September 5, 2004, at 22:11:41

People of my faith believe this is what God has to say about suicide:
http://www.providentliving.org/ses/media/articles/0,11275,2875-1---71,00.html

and also what God has to say about life:
http://scriptures.lds.org/query?words=%22this+life+is+the+time%22&scripturesearch_button=Search

I think you are correct when you say:
"I think that if you've accepted Christ and have become a child of God, that suicide does not invalidate that. God will never forsake us.....he loves His children. I do not think that suicide will cancel out our relationship with God. I think we would still go to Heaven."
I (rayww) might add, perhaps not as soon as a person like the one you described, who hadn't chosen to end their own life, but likely eventually.

Grit your teeth and say to yourself, "I haven't done it yet, and I haven't done it yet, and I haven't done it yet, and so on. Each time you can say that becomes a little victory, whether in reference to suicide or any other temptation or addiction. Having victory makes us feel better about ourselves until we are able to move on to a more stable thought or activity.

In the first reference is a story of a prominent church leader whose father committed suicide. Not until this other man experienced hypothyroidism himself was he able to understand why his father may have done what seemed so out of character for him. There are reasons, not all of which we are accoutable for, yet we are still responsible to get help and take appropriate care of our own physical/mental/social/emotional health as best we can.

May the God you believe in bless you, and nurture you, and encircle you in the arms of His love right now, as you sit at your computer reading this, in the here and now, present state reality on earth today, is my prayer for you and all others who might be struggling. People of my faith believe the answer to all questions and problems can be found somewhere in scripture. http://scriptures.lds.org/ing/gdlvf?sr=1


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