I wrote this when I lived in Seminole Heights years ago.
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.“
Isaiah 43:18
”See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.“
Isaiah 43:19 NIV
On one of my walks around the Hillsborough river in Seminole Heights Fl, I saw a person whose job was to take care of and protect a park. He was tucked away in the corner of the park weeping. I stopped and said “May I help you and why are you crying”? He responded “I am going to kill myself – I have nothing to live for anymore. My wife left me and is filing for divorce. I have two children and she will be awarded them because she is the mother. She is leaving me not for a man, but another woman”. On and on, he empty himself of all the pain he was experiencing. Finally, I said “Why kill yourself over something that is causing you excess pain at this time. Time heals. You have two children that I am sure loves you and they are not divorcing you, and you really don’t know what the future holds.
If you kill yourself, you will never know what God can do in any situation.” Are you a believer in God.? “Oh, yes I am,” he said. “Okay, great, now why don’t you call upon Him to help you”. “I said, “Do you mind if I pray for you now”? We held hands and I prayed that Jesus would guide him through this trial; that he would experience the love of God that passes all understanding, and I prayed every encouraging word along with a few scriptures that would give him hope. I also encouraged him to go to the church he attended, and talk to the minister or a trusted friend. When I left, I said “Please don’t kill yourself. You will get through this. Trust and believe that the God who created you, will help you”. I would like to end with I saw him again and everything was fine, but I didn’t. I could not solve his problem, but I left him in the hands of someone, Jesus, who could.
Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi 
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