By Mike Riley According to the National Institute Of Mental Health statistics in 2004, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. It was the eighth leading cause of death for males, and 19th leading cause of death for females.
In this brief article, let us study why suicide is not a viable option for anyone and is condemned by God’s word.
Once there was a mild-mannered man who was reading a book on being self-assertive. Wanting to put the teachings of the book into practice, he decided to start at home. So he stormed into his house, pointed a finger in his wife’s face, and said:
Enjoy some quotes regarding mothers and their roles in our lives.
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." - Abraham Lincoln
"If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning." - Unknown
"A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.” - Booker T. Washington
"Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together." - Susan Gale
“Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests or a diminution of the great pleasures to be had in the everyday.” - Martha Stewart
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” - George Washington
Praise God that He is not absent from this world. In fact, He has created all of us with the purpose that man “should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him…” (Acts 17:27). You and I are built with an instinct seeking God to know Him, but the last part of Acts 17:27 is most encouraging, “though He is not far from each one of us.” God has not left us as “babes in the woods” but freely gives us reassurance that He is there