By: Chas

Chas
Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:39:17 +0000

I allow for the possibility that the University leadership is well intentioned, but also for the possibility they are merely trying to cover their own posteriors, but in my opinion secular counseling devoid of Christian truth and hope is simply insufficient. I suffered what "experts" called a panic attack. Those experts diagnosed both physiological and psychological depression and hyper-anxiety. Their answer was talking and pills. My answer was Christ and responsibility. I had others who depended upon me, and I did not own my own body. I had been bought by the shed blood of Christ and my body was now the Temple of God, indwelt by His Holy Spirit. God alone knows the Truth of each heart, mind, and spirit, though His Word teaches many will profess Him who know Him not. I believe my knowing that I was no longer my own, but was His, prevented me from taking a life I did not own. I believe true Christians will not kill themselves, for it would not be suicide for us, it would be murder, a direct and deliberate sin against God. For everyone who even thinks about ending their life, I urge you to reach out to everyone you think may be a Christian, someone who you see living differently than most others. True Christian counseling may offer infinitely more than secular or humanists may offer for Christian counselors will offer you the "bread of Life, living water," and the only Savior able to save eternally, the Lord Jesus Christ. To the University leaders, and those who choose them and their replacements, I urge you to open your hearts and minds to Christ, make Him welcome again on your campuses ... and in your lives.