Church Where Pastor Jarrid Wilson Preached Before His Suicide Death Hosts Service in His Honor

PastorJarrid Wilson‘s church, Harvest Christian Fellowship, is remembering the late spiritual leader with aservice held in his honor.

“I won’t let it. You always said, ‘Hope gets the last word. Jesus gets the last word,'” Juli wrote.

“We’re supposed to be the ones that have all the answers, but we don’t. We’re all in the same boat,” Laurie continued.

“For those of you that knew Jarrid, you saw him on the platform full of energy, excited full of passion — always wanting to help everyone.”

Laurie explained but at the same time, Jarrid was in a lot of pain.

“He dealt with deep depression; it actually went back to his childhood and he was under a doctor’s care, and because this was such a struggle for Jarrid, he wanted to help others, who were also dealing with it.”

In 2016, Jarrid foundedAnthem of Hope, a Christian organization dedicated to “amplifying hope for those battling brokenness, depression, anxiety, self-harm, addiction and suicide.”

Pastor Laurie went on to share what it was like to hear the news that Jarrid had taken his own life.

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Laurie explained that depression is not something anyone should carry alone.

“If you’re struggling with suicidal thoughts, reach out to somebody, let them help you. There’s no shame in it,” he expressed.

“We need to have compassion for people who face this struggle,” Laurie continued. “Fill your mind with scripture and quote it to yourself. Cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you,” he said of God.

“Hope has the last word, not suicide, not cancer, not depression, not death,” Laurie added.

In addition to Laurie’s words, Christian writer Kay Warren, who is married to Rick Warren, Senior Pastor of Saddleback Church, took the stage in hopes of encouraging and comforting those dealing with a range of emotions.

“He lived for 20 years with an increasingly serious mental illness,” she said.

Kay told the audience that even feeling angry with Jarrid is normal as many may think, “Why did you leave us?” and “Is what he preached even true?”

But as those questions continue to flood in, Kay shared it’s important to remember that Christian faith doesn’t take away the pain.

“This is earth and everything here is not neat and clean — it’s messy,” she said.

Kay revealed that she and Jarrid had planned to meet on Thursday to discuss their “dreams” of using the church to help people battling mental illness.

Hours before his death, Jarridwroteon Twitter, “Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure suicidal thoughts. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure depression. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure PTSD. Loving Jesus doesn’t always cure anxiety. But that doesn’t mean Jesus doesn’t offer us companionship and comfort.”

“He ALWAYS does that,” Jarrid added.

“I love you, Jarrid. I miss you beyond what my heart can stand. Thank you for loving our boys and I with the greatest passion and selflessness I’ve ever seen or felt in my entire life,” Juli continued.

“Longing to be with you, longing to make you proud. The boys and I miss you so much. I frieking love you too. So much more than you could ever know. Wish I could tell you that right now. We all do,” she wrote.

While Juli remains devastated over her husband’s death, she wrote in a separate post that Jarrid is no longer in “pain.”

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text “home” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

source: people.com