Teens and Christian teens ministry

A reason to live

One day I was walking into church for it had been a main event. If you don't know what that was it is on saturday night at my church. It is from 7-10 pm and is a service then fun and games with cash prizes. Well My friend Amber had only been dating this boy from church named Mitch for a few weeks, let alone they had met each other the previous wednesday before they went out. So they really did not know each other besides the words spoken on the phone.

Well Mitch had been suffering from depression and that night we had the play "she said yes" at our church. Amber had no idea that he had planned on killing himself that night, for she had thought that she made him happier.

I had noticed them sitting there during praise and worship and I had this weird hunch that something was up. So I tried to talk to him but he tried and shunned my away. Me being who I am was not about to give up on someone for I know that god would never give up on me. I tried for 30 minutes to talk to him as he said don't worry about it got me more involved. Well his girl friend had been comforting him but not solving the problem.

He had finally told me that he was depressed and was going to commit suicide if he did no get help. He had been depressed for a long time and did a well job at hiding it. He was feeling unloved and spiritually empty. He told me, "Ya know I go to church, I pray at night, and give my offering. What is going on"

His problem was that he was not saved and he had believed that wicca was great and he had never confessed that god was his god and that he would follow him, instead he would play church and Christianity at a religion level instead of at a relationship level.

Weeks had passed and he went on a road trip to Arizona. It was about 2:30 in the morning when he had realized that he should believe in God and everything that everyone said was true and that his prayers would not be answered if he didn't believe. So he had stopped off to the side of the road and prayed. He had prayed for about 15 minutes.

When he continued back on the way, an accident had just occurred, ten miles from where he had stopped and if he would not have had that 15 minute delay he would have been in the accident, and would have been dead.

God works in mysterious ways and god does not give up on you for a reason. He loves you. He will give everyone a fair chance in life. So..... Never give up on god for he would never give up on you.