Tag: Suicide

As a Christian who has also struggled with depression to the point of putting a gun to my head at age 21, I am bewildered and bemoaning the loss of his life. Unfortunately, this tragic loss is a harsh reality of depression yet a beautiful reminder that Jesus is greater still. 

"The reality is, you wouldn’t dare say that someone who died of cancer is going to hell just because of their illness, would you?"

"Suicide doesn’t get the last word. I won’t let it. You always said 'Hope Gets the last word. Jesus does.'"

"No more pain, my jerry, no more struggle. You are made complete and you are finally free. Suicide and depression fed you the worst lies, but you knew the truth of Jesus and I know you’re by his side right this very second."

"We saw some of the girls starting to cry; we saw some of the boys leaning down, literally on their knees, calling down between the train and the tracks, calling 'Sam, Sam'."

"It started during my mourning period—the first one was horrible."

“There’s no education in place to tell you how to deal with this, to balance how to grieve privately with your family and then also to have to grieve publicly.”

"At 2 a.m. that night, he messaged me and said, ‘I know I’m not supposed to be talking to you'...I started to bawl my eyes out."