{"id":585,"date":"2023-09-11T07:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/?p=585"},"modified":"2023-09-11T07:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:20:34","slug":"widowlife-wisdom-recognizing-the-signs-of-one-considering-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/widowlife-wisdom-recognizing-the-signs-of-one-considering-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"WidowLife Wisdom: Recognizing the Signs of One Considering Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Through the years, my husband shared with me the lies the enemy was whispering to him. If he could not find freedom from his struggles he could and should take his life, and we would be better off without him.<\/em> Even prior to marriage, he had told me of a suicidal attempt he made in middle school. I stuffed this information into an emotional box in my heart, not knowing what to do with it, and definitely not understanding that these things would eventually impact my life and the lives of my children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Suicide was a topic not discussed by many, and it was one of those out-there topics that only happened to other people. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At that time, I believed this certainly would not be my story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When he confessed that he was suicidal after being confronted with sin, I felt it was a manipulative ploy. One where we would feel sorry for him and turn the focus from his sin to sympathy. Thankfully, God gave me grace toward him, and I did not respond in a way that I would regret now. But I really did not believe he was seriously considering the unimaginable. If only I had known\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of suicide or unexpected death, friends and well-meaning bystanders are also willing to add to the list with their questions: Did you see this coming? Did you see the signs of depression? Why didn\u2019t you believe his cry for help? <\/em>These questions, and more, torment those left behind. As I replay that night in my head, a list of should\u2019ve, could\u2019ve, would\u2019ve\u2019s fill my mind. I will share that list with you in hopes that it might be helpful if you are ever at that same crossroad with a loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Risk factors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steps to take<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I absolutely would have done anything, and possibly laid down my own life, for the man I had vowed to stay with forever. I willingly would have gone to great expense, to get him the help he needed. We did seek counsel, we did pray, and we fought the spiritual battle for years. But we did not win, this side of heaven. At least not from a natural perspective but God takes what was meant for evil and uses it for good. He promises to work all things together for those who love Him (Romans 8:28). So even though it appears that Satan was victorious, I believe otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, it is my prayer that understanding the signs of one considering suicide will prevent your loved one from choosing death over life. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Through the years, my husband shared with me the lies the enemy was whispering to him. If he could not find freedom from his struggles he could and should take his life, and we would be better off without him. Even prior to marriage, he had told me of a suicidal attempt he made in middle school. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"blog_author":[31],"authors_name":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6603,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/6603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"blog_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_author?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"authors_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perspectiveministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors_name?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Signs and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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