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Good news always make my day! \u00a0There is just something wonderful about receiving news that make your heart hopeful. \u00a0So far in life I have had the privilege of living through some pretty amazing news, but NONE compares to the news I received the day I attempted to commit suicide.<\/p>\n

Depression is a tricky disease because somehow it takes over areas of your mind you never thought were even at risk. \u00a0Humans are built naturally to survive. If you tried to hold your breath for more than 50 seconds, your heart would begin to pump faster while every cell in your body would desperately beg for air. Even if you tried with all of your might, your body would\u00a0find a way to intake the air it desperately longs for in order to function properly. \u00a0In contrast, suicide is the result of a manipulating thought process a mind entertains while depressed. \u00a0Depression convinces its victim into believing that dying is a better option than the\u00a0natural instinct to survive.<\/p>\n

When I considered suicide, I genuinely was convinced that there was no hope – no forgiveness – no chance that anything that I felt was ever going to get better or go away. \u00a0I stood in my dorm’s bathroom\u00a0(knife in hand) thinking to myself “My life is not worth living.”<\/p>\n

Up to that point I had never\u00a0“felt” loved. \u00a0My family tried hard to make me “feel” loved, but depression has a way of causing you to become numb to the things that you long for and very sensitive to the things you want to run away from. \u00a0So that day, while in the bathroom, I was surprised to finally “feel” loved when I encountered Jesus while reading His word.<\/p>\n

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The Good News that I could have life abundant in spite of the chains and sin I carried came forth like a tidal wave. \u00a0That night I “felt” loved in ways I could not have even dreamed of. \u00a0It was as if His very hand was caressing and healing areas of my heart I desperately wanted to rip out. \u00a0At no point did He shy away from the hideous condition He found my heart in – instead I heard Him say:<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u201cRestrain your voice from weeping
\nand your eyes from tears,
\nHow long will you wander,
\nunfaithful Daughter Israel?” Jeremiah 31: 16, 22<\/p>\n

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The journey has not been always smooth, but in my glass tunnel I am no longer alone. \u00a0He has filled my cup with joy and peace that surpasses all understanding. \u00a0And when I fall, I hear His sweet voice say:<\/p>\n

\u201cCome now, let us reason\u00a0together, says the LORD<\/span>:<\/span>
\nthough your sins are like scarlet,<\/span>
\nthey shall be as white as snow;<\/span>
\nthough they are red like crimson,<\/span>
\nthey shall become like wool. – Isaiah 1:1<\/span><\/p>\n

It is true that we have all fallen short of the Glory of God<\/a> – we are all sinners. \u00a0It is true that I have missed the mark and will continue to miss it. \u00a0It is true that my sin separates me from God<\/a>, yet I continue to willingly sin – but the Good News do not change:<\/p>\n

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. – 1 John 1:9<\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but knowing that I am forgiven and cleansed from the things I have repented of opens up my heart to receive the love I was incapable of receiving before. \u00a0My prayer is that somehow the Lord would grab the mess I once had and make it His message. The Good News\u00a0is that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him would not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).<\/p>\n

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I may not have many things, but what I have is enough for eternity.<\/p>\n

Love in Christ,<\/p>\n

NAna<\/p>\n

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