PSALM 72:14
There was a time when I attempted suicide. I will never forget that night. Lots of thoughts ran through my head, and I started to believe the things that were popping up to be true. I’m not good enough, I don’t deserve to live, and Why am I here if I can never get anything right? were the confusing messages being released into my mind at that moment. It seemed the more I tried to stop thinking the more thoughts scrambled through my mind to make me think the worst about myself. So that night I attempted to cut my throat. I believe the only things that stopped me were my younger sibling walking in on me and snatching the knife out of my hand and the prayers from the people who cared for me, because that next Sunday at church my youth minister approached me. She asked if everything was all right. When I explained it wasn’t, she offered to talk with me. She let me know God had told her to lift my name up in prayer the very same day I wanted to kill myself. God loved me so much that he had someone pray for me that I would have never expected to without me asking. This showed me that He truly cares for all his creation, and He will do what it takes to make sure his creation knows it.
Jazma Parker, 16, Martin Luther King Magnet School, Nashville, TN
It’s so amazing how You take care of me
in so many ways. Thank You for all the things
You do for me that I don’t even ask for.