Suicide

Suicide is not the act of nobility or of courage. Real courage would face up to our mistakes and failures and find a way through them. Real nobility seeks to inspire the change they would like to see rather than escape the changes they fear.

Exodus 34:20 (Empty Hands)

No one is to appear before me empty-handed. (Exodus 34:20) Read: Exodus 34:1 – 35:9, Matthew 27:15-31, Psalm 33:12-22, Proverbs 9:1-6 Relate: From what I have read, the Japanese concept of gift giving, “chugen” (chu-gane), is a very important aspect of their culture. Phil Van Auken of Baylor University describes it as “giving until it hurts”. The gift…