WHY PEOPLE GIVE UP ON LIFE-YOU CAN FIND HELP

Your Life Is Important to Others

True, you may face situations that make you feel that you are completely alone and that your death would matter to no one. Remember, though: There is a big difference between feeling alone and being alone.  In Bible  times the prophet Elijah reached a low point in his life. He said to Jehovah:  "Your prophets they have been killed with the sword, so that I only am left."  Yes, Elijah felt totally alone-and not without reason. A great many of his fellow prophets had been killed. A death was hanging over his own head, and he  was on the run for his life. But was he truly alone?  No. Jehovah let him know that there were  some 7,000 loyal people who, like him, were faithfully trying to serve the true God in those dark times.  (1 Kings 19:1-18)  What, though, about you?  Is it possible that you are not as alone as you feel? 

There are people who care  about you. You might think of your parents, you mate, your children, and your friends.  But there  are more.  In the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, you can  find mature Christians who are interested in you, who will hear you out, and you will pray with you and for you.  (James 5:14, 15) And even if every imperfect  human were to fail you, there is One who will never leave you.  King David of old said:  "In case my own father and my own mother did leave me, even Jehovah himself would take me up." ( Psalm 27:10)  Yes, Jehovah "cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7) Never forget that you are precious in Jehovah's eyes.  Life is a gift from God. Granted, at times life may feel more like a burden than a gift.  Can you imagine, though, how you would feel if you were to bestow a valuable gift on someone  who then threw it away before really putting it to use?  We imperfect humans  have barely begun to use the gift of life.  In fact, the Bible indicates  that the life we live right now is not even "the real life" in God's eyes.  (1 Timothy 6:19)  Yes, in the near future our life will be far fuller, richer, and happier, how so? 

The Bible says:  "[God]  will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry not pain be anymore.  The former things have passed away."  (Revelation 21:3, 4)  Try to picture what you life will be like when those words are fulfilled. Take your time. Try to create a full, colorful mental picture. That picture is no empty fantasy. As you meditate on how Jehovah has dealt with his people in the past, your confidence in him will grow and that picture can become all the more real to you. -Psalm 136:1-26. 

It may take some time before you fully recover your desire to live.   Continue praying to "the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation."  (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4; Romans 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:17)  Jehovah will give you the strength you need. He will teach you that life is worth living. -Isaiah 40:29. 

Next time: YONG PEOPLE ASK . . .What's Wrong With Getting Even? 

From the Awake! magazine