My son of 28 years committed suicide 05/16/2010. My wife and I did not get to see his body and had to have a closed casket because he had stuck a 12 gauge shot gun in his mouth and pull the trigger. The police and funeral director said we did not want to remember him that way.
My son had been depressed for several years and his doctor changed his medication about two or three months before he died. Was it the change in medication? I don’t know.
He had accepted Christ as his savior when he was younger and you could see the fruits of his salvation. We are baptist and believe once saved always saved. I talked to my pastor about this and he said that God would not go back on his promise when my son was saved and that he was with God.
No parent should have to go through this but God has given my wife and I to live from one day to the next, with the hope and promise that we will see our son again.
God bless and comfort you and your wife.
That’s a heart breaking story, I am so sorry. I do believe God when he said he will not leave his work incomplete. What he started in your son when he accepted Christ was complete when he left this World, no matter how he left his mortal body. Rest assure he is now at home with the Lord.
Saying a prayer for you and your wife, longhorn too, that you continue to find strength in God’s promise and comfort from his absolute love.
I lost a friend at work who completely changed after they changed his meds. He was a wonderful guy, he was raised christian and became a muslim. I had lots of good talks with him, as did one of our trainers, an evangelical minister. He chose his path and was happy. When they changed his meds he went 180 degrees off, we were so worried when he didn’t come to work, we tried to get him help, but it was too late, not sure if it was suicide.
Sadly his family never knew him once he changed faith, we had a memorial for him and we all shared how much we really liked him and how great he was. The family buried him under his christian name, that bothered me, he made the choice to change his name it was his life. But, that doesn’t matter, he is gone, I sure miss the guy, he was such a gentle soul.
So sorry. May G-d be with you and comfort you.
I am so sorry- my prayers are with you. I lost a father-in-law and my ex (high school/college) boyfriend a couple of years apart. No-one knows the pain either faced the last couple of minutes, and I went through grieving with two sets of families (my former mother-in-law witnessed the death of her husband and will never be the same.) I hope you have gotten the support you need.