Article June 4, 1979 Issue

Why did it happen?

JANICE A. MILITELLO

"Why did it happen?" we are often tempted to ask ourselves when confronted with a snag of some kind. We can learn to see that question for what it is: a detour. If pursued, such a question could lure us deeper into the difficulty.

Christian Science takes us in the opposite direction, to reasoning based on spiritual facts. God is Love, the source of all good. God is never the source of evil, or bad results. If God could, or would, cause bad results, He would not be Love. He would not be God.

God is infinite, filling all space. We are His children, always held in God's care. How could divine, never-ending Love cause evil? So one thing is certain: the difficulties we may encounter don't come from God.

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