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Thanks, so much.

It’s tough to have someone ask about suicide.

I found an article about being complicit in assisted suicide too. And I can’t accept that either.

God has a plan for us. If it involves suffering here on earth — won’t that mean more rewards in heaven?

One of the better approaches I’ve found regarding questions on suicide is to reframe the question away from the “wrong-thinking” of the person with suicidal tendencies.

The reason they are suicidal is that they have already gone down the wrong path in their thinking, so the last thing one wants to do is join them in that quagmire.

God imputes life to the soul.

Nothing else will separate that life from the soul, INCLUDING suicide.

Thinking that one’s self-consciousness will be relieved of torment by suicide is false and self-deceptive.

The person needs to discern between the body, the mind, the soul, the source of their thoughts, and relationship of volition, all with respect to how God made them.

The very fact we have a life imputed to our soul manifests God has a Plan for our life. In order to understand the purpose and direction intended for our life, one first has to approach God by His standards to learn what He has provided for us.

There is nothing wrong is using the amenities of science, medicine, and technology to understand how our brain, bodies, and environment might effect our thinking, mind, and perceptions. There are, though, eternal consequences for our volition and behavior influenced from our thinking. Ignoring God will not solve problems of soulish torment, but may increase them.

I believe that the key is obedience to God. And, since He made us and we are His, we can't destroy ourselves. I know of at least 2 OT people who asked God to let them die:

.ELIJAH:
He was sent to deal with Ahab. Ahab was one of the worst kings ever to sit on the throne of Israel. . Elijah felt his mission had been a failure and was so disheartened that he wanted to die
. 1 Kings 19:3-4) It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers”
And
JONAH
In Jonah 4:9. He wanted to die on 2 separate occasions.

Now, I realize that pain can take on different faces: depression, fear, but the Lord spoke to one of my Christian sister/friends and related that Depression is NEVER from the Lord. It is ALWAYS from the enemy. When she told me that, it really helped.... since I'm prone to it.

Physical pain can usually be controlled with meds... but it is the emotional pain that, personally, knocks me down the most. I have tried, during those times, to remember that "it won't always belike this", and then to ask the Lord to shove me up deep under His mighty Wing and nestle me until I feel loved again.