Mental illness and depression is a serious complex thing. There are a lot of factors that contribute to our development. We can’t and won’t always understand suicide but it’s important and crucial to offer a place of hope and grace. There is always hope but it might not be readily visible. What if Judas had waited three days? “In our lives, we have moments that seem overwhelmingly bleak. We make a mess of things and see no way out. Judas felt that way. But the message of the cross and Resurrection is that God is the Lord of second chances. In even the most dire circumstances, there is always hope. After our most egregious sins, there is the offer of grace. In the darkest times, there is an Easter yet to come” –Adam Hamilton