precious  Thank you for this! More people should hear about it. Suicide is too common..

@Covergirl_For_Sanity_Fair - That's a good question that I have pondered many times. I knew of a woman who tried to blow her brains out three times, and the gun always got stuck even after she shot in the air to see if the gun was working and it was still working. Sometimes I think it's prayer. The woman's dad was a preacher, so I guess he always prayed for God to protect his children from premature death. But some people die their first try.

The man in the picture tried, and he became a quadriplegic and there are some very disturbing pics online of a man who tried to blow his head off, but he lived. (I decided against putting that picture on here.) He has no face because it's burst open, but he's still alive. (Yet those two men are more fortunate than every successful suicidal person.) I think it's prayer though. Like if I prayed for God to protect you from killing yourself because I didn't want you to die in sin b/c I cared about you, He might preserve you until you get saved just to honor my request.

I  also want to say that I really appreciate you reading my posts. Your comments give me a good feel about the thoughts and mindsets of readers who aren't of my faith so it helps me try to put certain points in my next posts to make it more understable for people who aren't Christian. Thanks!

I am not a Christian, but this word needs to be spread.  If Christ, or whatever god or gods you worship can help you decide to live, let them.  You are loved and needed, each and every one of you.

I grew up thinking I would die young.

For years and years and years I had a shadow of death hanging over my head.

For years I battled with thoughts of suicide.

Until I had prayer ministry for it.

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@SerenaDante - I think God does understand why people take their own lives.  That is why he sent Jesus.

And let's be honest here, not everyone who hurts is there because of God.... we humans are pretty good at mucking things up for ourselves.  At some point we need to stand up and take responsibility for our own actions rather than always blaming God.

Suicide is the most foolish thing to do. There is an unknown quote says: "When you want to kill yourself, actually you want to keep on living."

@wherever_we_go - Interesting, because this is not the opinion of most Christians I've talked to (at least on xanga). I've been repeatedly told that we can't blame god for anything bad that happens, because those things are caused by humanity's imperfection... But that we should always give thanks to him for the good, because it is he that causes those things.

@SerenaDante - I think this is 'really' deep theological question that can't really be understood with pat answers.

This question has layers. 

I am not sure about 'blame' but reading the book of Job, God certainly allowed bad things to happen to Job.  Satan came to God and asked to 'sift' Job, to allow all kinds of crap to happen too him so that he would curse God.  Job lost his family his money, his health, and yet refused to curse God. 
Job didn't behave like Satan expected him to behave.  He kept his faith in God.  He accept God's blessings, and he accepted the hard times as being part of something greater- which it was. 

I can't speak for other Christians on Xanga or in the world, but I certainly believe that God 'allows' all kinds of evils to happen- and when I say allows I mean he could step in at any point, and stop it- but sometimes doesn't.

As  a Christian I choose not to curse God when that happens to me.  But to be honest, I hardly thank him for it either.  I just try to find 'Him' and the way forward in the midst of it all.

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@wherever_we_go - I see.

@SerenaDante - to be perfectly honest.... I think some Christians give very pat answers, and say really stupid things to hurting people.

There are lots of things in the Christian faith I struggle with, especially when I hurt.  But I trust Jesus- I genuinely do, so I just try to find him somewhere in it.  But I certainly don't deny the fact that sometimes I am in a lot of pain....

@SerenaDante - Some people put their own selves in such situations. If you decide to smoke crack b/c ur bored, who's fault is it that you are a crack addict. Did God give you the crack? If you decide to smoke cigarettes b/c of peer pressure and get lung cancer, did God give you the cigarettes?

@relaxolgy - not if you believe the bible they don't.  The bible is quite clear that there is only one way to God and that is through Jesus Christ.

There is 'spirituality', there is 'religion' and then there is being a follower of Christ.