1 Corinthians 10:13-14 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
The temptation to take ones own life is common to man as is shown by the number of suicides committed. The verse does not say that God will remove the temptation but that you will be able to “stand up under it” and that He will “provide a way out”. You are assuming that she took the “way out” and still could not stand up under it. I would suggest that she chose not to take the way out and that is why she fell to the temptation. I am speaking with some degree of experience in this area. My brother committed suicide several years ago and from the information he left he knew that he had a better way to deal with his issues but decided that suicide would just be easier. He chose not to take the “way out”.
We all have to decide how we are going to live our lives. God has given us His Word to help us make the right decisions but He does not force us to chose the right decision.
I feel bad for your loss of your friend...and pray that you will find some answers to your questions.
Please re-read what I wrote. I'm glad that she died, if she felt that it was less horrible than life. I'd not be a very good friend if I were selfish enough to put my own loss first. I'd be angry with God if He made her survive her ordeal and have to try again (unless, of course, He removed her burdens of Her earthly existence and made that unnecessary).
The temptation to take ones own life is common to man as is shown by the number of suicides committed. The verse does not say that God will remove the temptation but that you will be able to “stand up under it” and that He will “provide a way out”.
Agreed. But I think it refers to sinful temptations, not things like suicide.
You are assuming that she took the “way out” and still could not stand up under it. I would suggest that she chose not to take the way out and that is why she fell to the temptation.
I don't know what way she could have taken that she didn't take--she surely didn't. I would think that the implication in the verses was that the "way" wouldn't be a hidden one. She did not see any, despite trying hard. In fact, one of the things in her last note to me was that one of the first things she planned to do after death was to ask about that. To me, it seems to be a contradiction...but I give her credit for trying to find a way to reconcile the two; I don't find it as easy.
My brother committed suicide several years ago and from the information he left he knew that he had a better way to deal with his issues but decided that suicide would just be easier.
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope he is at peace.
I feel bad for your loss of your friend...and pray that you will find some answers to your questions.
Thanks. It was a terrible shame.