The Ending Of A Life

Over the years I've known several individuals who committed suicide.  I believe that we can't begin to understand the terrible emotional and mental pain with which the person was dealing and, therefore, we can't judge.  I also believe that God knows their pain and responds in their graceful acceptance into the Heavenly dimensions of life.  The national news is reporting about a young lady in Oregon, recently married who has been diagnosed with an aggressive and terminal brain cancer. She knows that her future is both limited and painful.  The disease will greatly diminish her quality of life.  She has been talking with her Physicians and family about taking legal drugs in Oregon which will end her life and avoid the terrible future that lurks in her future.  I don't believe her action is the same as suicide.  She is in full mental and emotional awareness of her decision and actions.  She has been consulting with family and her Physicians.  Today, we have medicines that can evidently keep a person's heart beating even though they have no quality of life and go through torment as their body withers and finally dies.  That doesn't seem right to me.  My prayer for that young lady in Oregon is that she, her family and friends may be given God's gift of peace.