It’s not either or. Of course God can help you make the push to get out of bed in the morning, but you are still the one to make that decision (free will). Without God, I would have NO hope.
God also gave us the church, which signifies that we aren’t meant to do this alone. We are meant to help each other through things.
AND professional help (therapy AND medication) if you have a mental illness. Without ALL of those aspects I would probably have died by suicide by now and because of those things I haven’t attempted in 5 years (after 10 years of constantly trying). C.G., as well as some of the pastors who know me well, can vouch for the DBT therapy I received. I would constantly hear things like “you gotta change the way you think” but I never knew how until I did that program.
And the church… if it wasn’t for the church, from the clergy who was a part of the hospital that I was in in my last attempt, who gave me devotional materials and starting back on the right path, to coming to New Life and experiencing love and forgiveness, even when I was being an a**. I was very alone and isolated when I first moved here.
Sorry not sorry, but I couldn’t hold this in.
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony…” (Revelation 12:11)
And please, if you are ever in the situation where you are feeling suicidal, you can reach out to me. I’m no professional, but I can sit with you and listen or just be there quietly with you.