A silent cry...

It's heartbreaking waking up in the morning yesterday and saw TWO suicide cases in the front page of the newspaper. In one of the cases, a high school student jumped off (actually she sat on the ledge & let herself fall) from the second floor of her school building, right in front of horrified classmates. Another case was about a mother who threw her 5-year-old daughter off a building before jumping off herself soon after. In both cases,the person involved looked normal and somewhat cheerful. Their suicides were something their friends and families never expected. On the outside,they may look like they're the happiest people in the world. On the inside however, they were crying for help; for someone to understand the pain, the suffering; hoping that someone will end their misery; someone. 


I can't even imagine what they were going through or what were going through their minds. One thing I do know,it's that they were all HOPING for something,but that thing never came. The high schooler that jumped off from her school building was writing on her Facebook about a failed relationship. She was hoping for someone that she could trust, someone that could love her, someone to care. That person never came. As a desperate attempt to call out for help, she even wrote on the Facebook about her intentions for suicide. Her friends didn't care, instead they were taunting her to do it. They thought she wouldn't dare to do so. Man, how wrong were they. 


Seeing news like these,I'm thankful that it's not one of my friends there. The fact is, EVERYONE is facing something in their lives that are difficult to them. Some who has known a HOPE like the Jesus that I know may find the strength to overcome it. But many have not known this HOPE that I know; and even some Christians may lose sight of this hope & find life meaningless. Whatever these people are going through, there is a silent cry that is so easily overlooked. 

So, be aware of these silent cries around us. Look around you. There may be a friend that looks cheerful on the outside, but hurting deeply inside. Pray that all of us won't overlook these silent cries around us. Somewhere out there, someone is hurting. Someone that needs your counsel, your concern, your love. Show them this HOPE that we have in Jesus & let Him free them from their chains. 


p/s: If there is someone out there reading this & hurting inside. If YOU ever need someone to listen,someone to care or just someone to be there, please do not hesitate to let me know. This offer is open to ANYONE. Please, let me show you this HOPE that found me. I can be contacted through my hp no. 014-9310091. You don't have to go through everything alone. It's okay to cry out loud. You don't have to cry silently. 


"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9)