The Light Beyond This Hour: What Jesus Shows Us About Staying, Helping, and Hope
Chapter 1: The Conversation Nobody Knows You Need It can happen in an ordinary room. The television is on but you are not really watching it. Your phone is lying face down on the table. The dishes are still in the sink, tomorrow's responsibilities are already waiting, and everybody who spoke to you today probably thought you were doing fine. Yet somewhere underneath the routine, you are tired in a way sleep has not fixed. Maybe you would never use the word suicidal. Maybe you are simply worn down, discouraged, ashamed, lonely, frightened, or wondering how many more hard days you can absorb before something in you gives way. That is why I wanted this article to begin as a conversation instead of a lecture. The associated video is meant to be a faith-based conversation about suicide, hope, and Jesus Christ , but this written message goes farther into what those numbers mean when they belong to real people living real lives. I am not interested in frightening you with statistics. I...