Suicide. . . .

Of all the things that I do not understand, suicide is very high on the list. To be so very far down in the hole of despair and surrounded by darkness that the only way out is to kill one's self. My last four chaplain calls have been suicides. Suicide knows no boundries and and seems to not care about gender or age. I have seen a young mother, a young teenage boy, an older man and a man who was in his thirties. All of these had one thing in common, the people left behind were left wondering what they did wrong and they felt like they could have done more to stop the event. Guilt mixed with grief = horrible pain. Pray for those who have lost loved ones to suicide today. Pray that God will grant them peace.