Article August 19, 2013 Issue

Good cannot disappear

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How many times have we been tempted to feel that something really good has been removed from our experience and is never coming back? It was at just such a moment that this Bible verse was shared with me by a friend: “God is ever bringing back what disappears” (Ecclesiastes 3:15, James Moffatt Translation). It gave me hope.

The state of my human affairs seemed pretty hopeless. My husband and I were facing a divorce after 30 years of marriage. On top of that challenge, my husband’s career was imploding with a job loss. At his age, the prospects of recovering with a new job seemed bleak. We had a house to sell, and the economy had taken a sharp downturn, so the value of our house fell below the mortgage balance. We could only hope to sell at a loss. I knew that there was no good answer to be found in human reasoning. The more I tried to work things out, the more hopeless I felt. Nothing seemed to be working.

I have been a lifelong student of Christian Science, and I know that as Jesus said, “With God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). Once I began to affirm that my hope was in God, I felt a sense of comfort and peace that allowed me to move forward one step at a time with divine Love at the helm of thought.

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