Mary Gadberry Patrick T ODAY the media report on suicide with some frequency. But there is another way, one pointed out to us by Christ Jesus. To tout death as the remedy for disease, a surcease from pain, or a deterrent of crime bolsters the insidious thought that death is a giant dispose-all for everyone and everything that presents a difficulty or threatens to become a problem. Nor is it meant to be ambled through idly, as though we were window-shopping in a fantasy market of perishable passions, indulgences, or speculations.
Life is infinitely worth cherishing.
Eternal and indestructible, it is meant to be usefully and purposefully lived. These clearly are opposites. We can all agree that it's impossible to walk due north and due south at the same time. Life and death are absolutely opposite. Life is infinitely worth cherishing.