Rescue came at the very last minute!
This is a true story about a friend of mine from the late 1960s. I will use the pseudonym Matti for him. He started studying at mechanical engineering school a year before I did. In addition to his hard factory work, he studied at high school in the evenings and graduated that spring with excellent grades. He had got a good job right after his studies and was engaged to a lovely young woman.
His life situation could hardly have been better. On a beautiful spring day, he went to buy a bottle of sleeping pills from the pharmacy. He went to his home, where he lived alone, and in the evening he took the entire bottle of those pills and went to sleep.
Only his older brother had the key to his apartment. His older brother was allowed to travel unexpectedly, without telling his younger brother, from northern Finland to Helsinki on the southern coast of Finland. He arrived at his apartment that very evening and rang the doorbell. When no one answered, he opened the door and planned to spend the night at his brother's, as he usually did when visiting Helsinki.
When he looked into his brother's bedroom, he saw him sleepy and an empty bottle of sleeping pills on the bedside table. He was horrified and checked his brother's pulse. It was almost nonexistent. He immediately called an ambulance and Matti was rushed to the hospital's intensive care unit. There he had a gastric lavage, was put on an intravenous drip and a respirator, a breathing machine.
The doctor said that the situation was very serious and that Matti only had a matter of minutes to survive!
Matti recovered completely and later told me about the incident. I asked him why he tried to commit suicide? He said that he really didn't understand himself, because his life situation was so good and he had a bright future ahead of him. He thought that the only reason for it was that he had exhausted himself mentally and tried far too much for his strength. He was very surprised that his older brother, who had not been to Helsinki for a few months, arrived at his place that very evening (?)
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What does this incident teach us?
If Adonai gives us the heart to contact or visit an acquaintance or relative, it may indeed be a matter of life and death for Him! Therefore, we should always be obedient to His voice!
We also learn from this incident that Almighty Adonai Yeshua watches over us from His throne, from heaven, and receives messages from each person’s guardian angel about what is happening to us and whether we need urgent help.
Suitable songs to this study
You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR2rpVd5Lwo
Love Your Neighbor
