[GBA]

Thanks for that. To be honest, the questions of whether we have free will or is it all preordained and we just think that we have free will are stumbling points for me, along with why God would let Satan mess with us at all, allow evil to thrive or permit Satan to turn us away from Him.

As is probably obvious, I'm not much of a religious scholar, nor are my spiritual questions very original or deep, just personally relevent.

I hope and pray that none of us is ever in the position she was faced with or would come to believe that suicide was the right choice.

[TChris]

Thanks for that. To be honest, the questions of whether we have free will or is it all preordained and we just think that we have free will are stumbling points for me, along with why God would let Satan mess with us at all, allow evil to thrive or permit Satan to turn us away from Him.

I don't see that scripture as any suggestion of preordination or predestination or anything like that. God always protects our free will. Satan and his opposition are absolutely necessary for that free will to exist, else what would there be to choose?

Everything must have its opposite, or it is meaningless. What reward could there be in doing good if there were no other choice?

To me, that verse makes clear that we owe a great debt, indeed all that we have and all that we are, to the Lord.

I hope and pray that none of us is ever in the position she was faced with or would come to believe that suicide was the right choice.

Amen to that.