Our Daily Bread: Gift of Grace

Lots of people are sharing about how depression caused the death of SHINee's Jonghyun's death.
I shall be thick-skinned to share again and again my story of life and hope against the curse of suicide!

1. Depression need not lead to suicide.

Through sufferings, we can grow and be more resilient. But I will be honest with you. Without God, recovery can be temporal and superficial. Because without God, we would be depending on our limited strength and we would depend on people with equally limited strength.

2. Please DO NOT say that it's courageous to commit suicide. It is MORE courageous to LIVE than to have a premature exit. It is hurting to a family who lost a loved one through the violence of suicide.

3. Depression is not a condition of aliens. It is as common as flu, yet it is real and you can't just snap out of it. God is the Healer, even as medicine gives temporal relief.

4. There's no beauty in melancholy. In my university days, I started being melancholic with a peer. It seemed beautiful to dig deep into the soul. That was the foothold to depression. Beauty is in the light of Jesus Christ.

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