"If I was never born, everyone would be better off and happier."
How it sounds in your head: Family fights would stop. Money wouldn't be so tight. Parents could travel or sleep or have their own life. My siblings wouldn't have to share. The world subtracts me and adds peace.
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
-- John 10:10Enemy planting suicidal ideation disguised as noble self-erasure—making non-existence sound like a gift to others.
Depression makes everything feel like his fault. He sees family stress and calculates himself as the common denominator. Removing the problem (him) seems logical.
Mephibosheth was crippled, hiding, considered himself a 'dead dog,' certain he was better off forgotten. King David searched for him, brought him to the palace, gave him land and wealth, and made him eat at the king's table for life—the one who thought he should disappear became royalty.
I REFUSE the lie that the world is better without me. IT IS WRITTEN that the thief comes to kill but Jesus came to give ME abundant life. My life is not a mistake to be erased—it's a gift to be celebrated. Every breath I take is an act of warfare against hell's plan. IT IS WRITTEN that I am the light of the world set on a hill. The BARAK blessing flows through me—I am blessed and I am a blessing to everyone around me. My existence is not negotiable because Heaven demands my presence on earth.
The Father is sprinting toward you with the robe and ring, shouting 'YOU BELONG HERE.' He's not calculating what life would be like without you—He's celebrating what eternity will be like WITH you.