Good day and welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today is Wednesday, September the 20th,

2023. I am Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO,

Dr. Jim Denison. This is how a woman in Jacksonville, Florida, described a recent experience to a local reporter.

Picture this. You're out going to pick up your lunch, and there's this random guy walking with a handmade sign.

I'm sure like most of us, we'd glance and keep it moving.

But I decided to read his sign since I was at a stoplight.

Here's what made it newsworthy. The sign read,

Have a wonderful day. I love you. The man also held up another sign that read, you are relevant.

As the woman snapped a few pictures, the man holding the signs gave her a sunflower. The reporter shared the story

with a reminder that the kind messages came during National Suicide Prevention Month.

We need this reminder as much now as ever. Billy Miller, an actor who played Marcus Spector

on suits and won three Emmy Awards for his role in the Young and the

Restless died by suicide last Friday in Austin, Texas at the age of 43. His mother stated that he,

quote, surrendered his life after a long, hard, valiant battle with bipolar depression. The number of deaths by suicide in the U.S.

increased last year to the highest rate ever. Globally, a person dies by suicide every 40 seconds.

Gallup notes that depression rates in the U.S. have reached their highest levels ever reported.

This fact can seem overwhelming. What can you and I do to make

a practical difference in our hurting world? One biblical answer is both counterintuitive and countercultural,

but it offers hope we can embrace and share with those who need it most today. In 1 Peter 2,

verse 11, the writer calls his fellow believers, sojourners and exiles.

The former describes someone who is a foreigner or stranger. The latter refers to temporary

residence. Taken together, they remind us that this world is not our home and that we are only

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