The funeral began with the tape-recorded voice of the lifeless body lying in the casket: "I can't think... can't think... can't think..."
The nineteen-year-old had taped his own farewell message, then driven to a remote area and ended his life by shooting himself.
The recorded voice continued: "You will hear about this sooner or later, Mom, Dad.... I'm sorry that your boy has turned into an addict."
"It's bad news... it really is. I didn't think it was when I was taking it, but I've been getting pretty stoned lately, and you just don't know what's real and what isn't real. All I can say is, I had to find out for myself... a poor excuse... I really shouldn't have taken any. You can really get messed up on that stuff!"
The voice, now stilled in death, continued electronically: "I had enough problems without taking drugs; it bent my mind and only intensified everything. Now I am in a fix... it says in the Bible that he who sins will be punished. From what I've read, I'm going to be suffering eternally for this... but there is nothing to live for."
After completing the recording he drove to Wyoming and entered eternity.
It's bad news to be "hooked" to be addicted. Are you addicted? Addicted to drugs? alcohol? pleasure? thrills? or some of the "legitimate" addictions, such as education? career? family?
Every year in North America an increasing number of disillusioned individuals decide to end their earthly existence by suicide, expressing their failure to find the real life! To alleviate the monotony of a dull, routine, meaningless life, people try to "turn on" with drugs, fast cars, the pursuit of possessions or involvements in "causes"—anything at all to fill the emptiness they feel in their hearts. This young man found his experiment with drugs destructive and empty. He ended his life KNOWING he would begin an eternity of judgment.
Are you tired of merely existing? Do you really want to know LIFE?
If you honestly do, confess JESUS CHRIST AS LORD.
Stop testing this and trying that, and just trust Christ!