Tyler's Thoughts February 18th 2020
This past Sunday I was at a funeral for a former student at a church I served at as Pastoral Intern. This student had committed suicide. In the past 2 and-a-half years I have been to 4 different schools as a grief counselor because one of their students had committed suicide. Just over a month ago I was messaging a student who was chatting with a friend who was contemplating suicide. It seems that the number of suicides is only increasing and is becoming more and more prevalent. I don't want to appear as if I am detracting from the pain they were walking through nor do I want to act as if I entirely understand what they were experiencing. The purpose of this blog is to share my thoughts so I guess I will do just that. In a moment of transparency and with the hope of pointing others to Jesus, I admit that I too struggle with anxiety from time-to-time and have had brief bouts of depression like I'm sure many of us do, or have at some point. Mine is by no means ext
