Article September 20, 1982 Issue

Saying goodbye

JAMES ROBERT BLUNT

There had been too many goodbyes. My transient life had included fourteen years of military flying, extensive business travel, forty-eight mailing addresses since high school, marriages, divorces, friends passing on—all these separations had caused me much sorrow. Turning to Christian Science for healing, I found the effects to be immediate, and I can gratefully share my triumph over grief.

This Science teaches us to reverse the negative suggestions encountered during every human trial. I began researching the expression "goodbye." It originally meant, "God be with ye." Doesn't this help to remove sadness from parting? God is with us, everyone, wherever we may be.

Applying the comfort of this phrase to my thought of a brother, I was able to deny the sensational mortal picture that he had died in a bomber crash toward the end of World War II. I began to perceive his God-given immortal identity as an indestructible idea, or image, of God. I scientifically argued, "Has God, the divine Principle of all creation, ever crashed?" The answer came to me, loud and clear, "Never!" Therefore, His expression, man, never lived or died in matter, but faithfully continues to reflect his Father-Mother God, individually and forever.

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