Tuesday; April 9
Honestly, we don’t like to discuss it out loud, but we live in an era when there are way too many suicides. I know, I know, one is too many; but one of the major American health concerns is people taking their own lives. While this is discouraging enough, when we consider how many people attempt suicide, we have a huge issue. This is often addressed a public health matter (which it is) but there is another consideration – it is also a spiritual health issue. I understand the presence of clinical depression in people and believe that it is at the root of a substantial number of deaths, but there is another aspect of this – discouragement and hopelessness. I know there are some things that can be done to assist people with significant mental and emotional health issues, but I also believe that religion can play a role in many others. One of the struggles people cite as a reason for considering suicide is that they don’t want to live … but I wonder if there is a more complete answer