It breaks my heart when I think about the people I love who have lost someone they love to suicide. A friend who lost her son, another lost her father, and to many others. The one on my heart tonight though is my sweet friend Lara. One year ago lost her beautiful Felicity.
To be honest I will admit that there was a time when I would hear about someone taking their own life and I would think "How selfish of them to do that to the people who love them". But of course with time and life we grow and come to new understanding. Not that there is ever really any understanding to these tragedies but I do know that it's not that the people we love are being selfish. It's that they aren't seeing any other way out of the lies that have been in their heads and they are believing. The biggest of those is that there is no hope and that there is no other way out of this "whatever it is".
I pray tonight that those who have lost someone they love will be covered by God's peace, comfort and love. I pray that those who are struggling will also feel God's love, hope and strength. You are never alone, His love never fails, and there is always hope. I pray that we all find compassion for others. That we all have eyes to see when someone is having a hard time and can be there for them. That we can all be the light at the end of the tunnel for someone who can't see it.
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