Article November 3, 1997 Issue

Grief dissolved with love

Tony Lobl

Death is tragic, especially to those facing the loss of their loved ones. Such circumstances are among the deepest of human challenges.

But death is not the final experience for anyone. The spiritual message of eternal life contained in the Bible proves the powerlessness of death to boast itself above Life, God. Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy offers a particularly thought-provoking discussion of this point on pages 426-428 . Understanding this message and realizing the presence of divine Love give us the tools with which to overcome grief.

We can begin to prove dominion over death and grieving by understanding the unreality of what could be called death's "sneak previews"—sin, disease, deprivation. Each of these supposed realities constitutes a foretaste of mortality. Therefore, every time we employ spiritual means to restore health, to reform ourselves or others from sinful thoughts and behavior, or to prove sufficiency where lack appears to be, we strike a blow against the general belief in death's inevitability. We do the same when we gain freedom from grief through prayer to God.

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