JOSHUA TIME 487

To the 84... NO!!!> ===================> > Hardly a week goes by that someone doesn't tell us they were on> the verge of suicide and MountainWings changed their minds.> > Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S.> It is the 3rd leading cause of death among young people.> > Based on the national average and the number of MountainWings> subscribers as I write this, 84 MountainWings subscribers are> statistically slated to commit suicide this year. As scary as> murder is, people are 1.5 times more likely to kill themselves> than be murdered.> > The four major factors why people kill themselves are:> 1. Depression 2. Alcohol 3. Cocaine 4. Separation or Divorce> > To the 84, I say NO!!!> > Often when people write in, they claim they can't find a reason> to keep living. Everything has gone wrong. Everything is> messed up. There is too much pressure and too little resources.> Too many bills they owe and too few bills in the wallet.> > They hurt.> People don't understand.> They are alone.> The pain seems to go on forever.> > They can't sleep.> They can't eat or they eat too much.> They don't have a really close friend whom they really trust.> Death seems to be an easy answer.> > I am reminded of the mega-football star, Deion Sanders.> He had it all in the world's eyes. He was a multi-millionaire.> He was famous. He was well respected. He had two super bowl> rings. He had gorgeous women clinging to his very shadow.> > Deion had factor number four. He had broken up with his wife and> lost his family. Even with all of the money, all of the women,> all of the fame and all of the power, the loss of his family was> more than he thought he could handle.> > One popular version is that Deion drove his over $100,000.00> sports car off a cliff hoping to kill himself. When the car> stopped, he was unharmed and still alive. He said he felt God> was letting him know it wasn't his time to die.> > Another version that I heard Deion tell is that he was sitting in> his car getting ready to drive over the cliff when a policeman> knocked on his window and asked for his autograph.> That knock saved his life, for the great Deion Sanders was ready> to kill himself.> > I write this issue to the 84.> It's not a booming voice from the sky.> It's not a supernatural angelic manifestation.> It's not mystical writing on a wall.> It's not a burning bush; it's an email,> but it does come from The Mountain.> It is a knock on your window of despair.> > It is God telling you...> > "It's not your time to die."> > Someday it will be your time but that time is not now.> > Death is not a wall; it's a door. Neither Christianity nor any> other religion says death is a wall, it's a door.> Don't fool yourself that suicide is an easy way out. It's not.> > When I was a boy, our next-door neighbor committed suicide.> He had a PhD.> He was educated but stupid.> Knowledgeable but ignorant.> Degreed but deprived.> > He knew so much but understood so little.> > Below are seven MountainWings issues that will help you if you> stand on the brink of a fatal decision.> Read them and remember...> > It's not your time to die.> Not now, and not by your own hand.>