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Suicides:

The picture shows a young man who killed many people and killed himself some years ago in the United States of America. But do you wonder why people commit suicide or even contemplate it?
Nearly 80% of persons who commit suicide, give definite warnings and/or clues about their suicidal intentions. Suicidal persons are fully intent on dying. Although a suicidal person is often extremely unhappy, he/she is not necessarily mentally ill. The management of suicide, therefore, lies in preventing the act. Please take all suicidal threats, gestures and/or attempts from anyone you know seriously. Make sure you notify a psychiatrist or a mental health professional. The psychiatrist will quantify the seriousness of the situation and take proper precautionary measures. Save a life today. But for those of us who believe in the awesome power of God, we can take it to the Lord in prayer. Judas Iscariot committed suicide because of the despair of betraying the innocent God-made-man, Jesus Christ. But even when we sin against God, and our hearts convict us the Holy Bible tells us that God is greater than our hearts and can and will forgive the sins we commit if only we repent, confess and receive His mercy like the lesson Jesus taught us in the parable of the prodigal son. Suicide is as grievous as murder, but in it there is no repentance, because after death is judgment; there is no repentance in the grave! Truly save a life today and show love to someone who is considering suicide.

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