Monday, April 11, 2011

Man's aborted 'trip to heaven'

By Joseph MuchiriA young man in Kirinyaga County attempted to commit suicide recently after he received a text message from an unknown number urging people to die and go to heaven instantly.
The message, which has since been forwarded to many residents, read, "Gudnews!! Promotion in heaven! Die now n get into heaven without judgement! Offer runs till 10pm tonight. Hurry while offer lasts. Pas on 2 other sinners like u."
After reading the message, he asked his wife to kneel down so that they could pray for a worthwhile mission he planned to undertake that evening. Oblivious of her husband’s intention, she obeyed him and he prayed for a long time asking for forgiveness of his sins.
After the prayer, he showed her the message and requested her to join him in the sacred mission. She laughed it off telling him he was naÔve to believe crazy messages from earthly mortals like him.
He was unimpressed by her dismissal of his chance to get to heaven straight away. So he headed to his parents’ house and showed them the message. He then asked for their blessings before he took the brave step.
"And what are you waiting for, just die and go to heaven or else get your foolishness out of my compound," his father rebuked him.
"Please son, don’t believe everything that you hear. It is obvious that whoever wrote the message was just joking," His mother implored him.
The man left the house in a huff and disappeared into the darkness. He headed to his cowshed and took a rope used to tether a cow. He then climbed a tree, tied one end of the rope to a stout branch and dropped the loop on the other end over his head.
Before making the final jump, he forwarded the message to his best friend. After some time he finally took the plunge determined to end his life.
The friend he had sent the message suspected that something was not right and immediately set out for the man’s home.
He enquired about the man’s whereabouts but when his immediate family couldn’t tell where he was, a search party comprising the man’s mother, wife and the friend went looking for him.
They found him hanging from the tree kicking furiously from the pain of the rope chocking life out of him. His friend cut the rope and they rushed him to a nearby hospital.

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