Suicide

Taking your own life-what cowardice is this? To have lost yourself so completely, to have lost sight of God so utterly, that death is the only way out-what selfish acts have led to such desperation? Has the man sinned so badly that he believes Hell is truly better than life on Earth? How has a man traveled so far from God's light that he believes he is responsible for his own life?

Said man must have created a trap for himself of his own misdeeds. Whether intentional or accidental, amends must be made for any mischief he might have caused. To take your own life is to take no responsibility for former actions, to attempt to escape justice. Justice can not be escaped; justice will live forever and die eternal, to exist in the afterlife and in life on Earth.

Suicide is becoming increasingly common; how has man created such problems? How has the devil crept so far into our culture as to be able to turn people from God's light?

The devil has crept in because we have allowed it; we have allowed him to take people from our Lord's grace and mercy and bring them to his own nefarious ends. We have allowed lost souls to slip through the cracks, which are becoming more chasms than all else. These chasms are stealing our wives, our daughters. They are stealing our fathers, our sons, our friends, our neighbors, and turning them away from God's holiness.

A man must put society on equal par with himself. Should he steal himself away from society, shall society steal the man? Of course not: Man makes his own decisions based upon society shifts, just as society shifts based upon men's decisions. One is dependent upon the other; without one, neither can survive. Neither can be stolen from the other without cataclysmic events occurring before and after the theft.

Suicide is akin to stealing a man's wife: Though the wife leaves the husband, she is unwilling. She wishes to go back to him. Like so, the soul never leaves society and yearns to return. This unfulfilled desire leaves behind a tangible split: the sadness of losing a relative or friend balanced with the guilt of not seeing such a tragic event occurring in the future. As they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty; many times, the person has left no trace in any person's mind of what he was planning.

Such a selfish act destroys families and splits society. To take the decision of life or death out of God's hands is foolish, sacrilegious, and abominable. Such selfish people deserve no compassion; they deserve contempt and scorn. Losing an admirable person is sad; losing a selfish one is a cause for rejoice.