What an amazing man. Thank you for sharing.
My father is no longer here. He took his own life so i go everyday wondering will if i will ever see him again.
Sounds to me like your dad may have taken a no stop elevator to heaven. I pray your grief is tempered by knowing he is no longer in pain but celebrating the birth of our Lord in peace.
I used to think suicide was an unforgiveable sin; not anymore. God will judge what we have had to go through, including any chemical imbalance that may have affected our wellbeing in our flesh bodies.
He is our Judge; you may yet see your father again in joy.
Have a blessed Christmas (I lost my father at the end of October of this year—cancer. A melancholy time, yet, a joyous one in that I know he is where we all want to be, eventually.)
He took his own life so i go everyday wondering will if i will ever see him again.
There is so much I don’t understand. I believe that most people that take their own life is due to some form of depression. Depression is a mental illness. I believe that the Lord loves those with mental illness too. I hope you find peace and happiness this Christmas. God bless you and your family.
My dear friend,
Taking one’s life is NOT the unforgivable sin. According to God’s Holy Word, that unforgivable sin and that unforgivable sin alone is blasphemy against (the denial of) the Holy Spirit. Many people are affected by sickness that plays games with the mind. Just like all other forgivable sins, the “sin” of your father can be traced back to the garden and the author of sin, satan himself. Take heart, if both you and your father have made a heartfelt profession of faith in God’s gift to the world, His Son Jesus and what He did for you on the cross at Calvery, you WILL see him again. Have blessed Christmas!!
if anything - we have a Father whos Grace and Atonement in the blood of Christ is enough to cleanse us all…..
Personally, Im of the mind God knows thier pain and is compassionate enough to hug them rather than shun them
depressed people are suffering people. they may have a real medical issue going on that may or may not be helped by certain meds. i believe God has compassion and knows that the person wasn’t in their right mind an due to their brain imbalances, chemically, wasn’t thinking straight.
i had a friend at church who committed suicide. never even knew he had a depression problem or took meds for it. i think he went off the meds and in two weeks he got to that point.
Depression is a tremendously difficult condition to overcome. I’ve seen it emotionally shred people I love. It is truly something I can see spinning well beyond someone’s ability to overcome and drive decisions they would not normally make under healthy circumstances.