Suicide

I Samuel 29-II Samuel 1

We read today of the death of two great men, David’s heart felt poem written over them and the end of Saul’s kingdom.  We also have recorded the second Biblical suicide.  Suicide is one of the greatest tragedies for the living, so many “If onlies.”  I think everyone, at some point or another, has despaired of life, faced circumstances that has left us drained of all hope and unable to see tomorrow for the desperation of today.  “If only, oh Dear God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth.  If only…”

One verse saves us this morning from our own “if onlies.”  “But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.”  30:6b. When the day comes and there’s no more life in you to live, remember this verse:  Never let it be said of you, “If only he had strengthened himself in the Lord his God.”