Suicide? Who, Me?

For much of my adult life I thought about it. Life, I thought at the time, was just plain difficult and nothing but. Then, through a series of unbelievable circumstances around the year 2001, God gave me a different perspective.

I learned–the hard way–that just as I had no say as to how I came into being, I really needed to have no say in the way or the when of my going. My life, and my death, I came to see, both ought to be left in the hands of Jesus, that my body is not my own but God’s (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). This is also the major premise of the book.

Hope for the Heavy Heart: for the War-Weary and the Heaven-Bent* is an encouragement book. It holds insights as to how and why to press on in the midst of deep pain. God not only healed my suicidal tendencies but taught me to live more fully than I ever had before my experience (see Romans 8:28).

*A REVISED EDITION of this book is in the works…