Times of Eswatini

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Life is a fragile gift from God but living is a choice. One will argue and say God is the decider of the beginning and the end of everything, including life, and I won’t disagree. A person cannot choose when and how to be born, but once born they reach a stage in their lives where they can decide when they want to stop living. Suicidal acts are works of evil not God. The evil can make you do ungodly and inhuman acts which gradually reduce your days in this universe.

It is quite common nowadays to read of young people who have taken their lives. Why is this the case? Because young people are depressed, weak and lost. They have become vulnerable by choice. They have placed themselves in situations which they don’t know how to get out of. Their lives have lost purpose and they now believe it is hard to live.

Brand Shota

Lost

Everything is as it is because they have lost their way. They don’t respect elders because they think they are better than them. They don’t listen because they think they know everything. They hang out with bad friends and do nasty and careless things because they think they are cool and fun. They have exposed their entire lives on social media because they follow trends and believe they are boring if they are not part of it. They don’t work hard and still expect to do well and excel in what they do.

The worst thing people have done to themselves nowadays is brainwashi­ng their minds. They tell themselves that God does not exist, that there is no heaven or hell, and they stop worshiping and praying to God until they run into life changing situations and assume they are cursed.

The journey to special goals is not smooth; you have to negotiate through fear, doubt, confusion, rejection, disappoint­ment, disapprova­l, betrayal and sometimes guilt.

But as long as you trust and believe in yourself, your skills and capabiliti­es you will make it. Before you do all that, remember to put God first in everything you do, because with Him, everything is possible. The ball is in your court.

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