![]() ![]() For all intents and purposes, I was “as close to death as possible,” without yet being dead. The reason is simple: I already wanted to die, so nothing was going to make me “chose” to die. People could only help me want to live, not want to die. I know that for me, nothing anyone said was going to make me more likely to die by suicide. Now, there are those who would say that his answer to that question - that those who die by suicide can still go to heaven - could encourage a person to take their life, but I believe that is rarely ever going to be a possibility. ![]() I told him he had no power to “cause” someone to make that choice. It made me realize what a struggle it could be for him - so I decided to give him some insight into the struggle of the person asking. He couldn’t fathom how he would live with himself it he answered that question and that person ended their life. It was something that made him rethink the potential impact of his words if he was faced with that question. He was saying that he was afraid to answer that question because he didn’t want his words to somehow make someone feel more inclined to take their life by saying that they will still go to heaven. He realized the power of his words like never before, after seeing me so close to taking my own life just a week before. But after thinking about it, I realized that was not what he was saying. I know, I realize, I fear, that my words have more power than they have ever had before… I don’t know if I could ever say to someone, ‘It’s ok to take your life, you won’t go to hell,’ because if that person ever did take their life, I’m just not sure how I would recover from that.”Īt first I interpreted his response as saying he was “uncertain” if someone who dies by suicide will automatically be barred from heaven. Before, I would have emphatically said that ‘no, suicide will not send you to hell’… but today, my answer is different. “My answer to this question is different today than it has been in the past. ![]()
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