Article February 17, 2020 Issue

Love that moves mountains

Caroline Martin

Love really does move mountains.

In my case it was a mountain of painful memories. Many years ago I abruptly ended and left a relationship full of tumult. While I have changed location and have a wonderful life with a supportive husband who is my dearest companion, until recently a heavy load of sorrows from the past was weighing me down. These included the emotional hurt I felt and a litany of reasons why; self-justification for leaving the relationship without working toward a more harmonious parting; and regret for lost time, for wounded hearts, and for mistakes in judgment I’d made. But the thing that troubled me more than all the rest was that I had failed to see this individual as God’s child. Instead, I’d accepted a view of him that was far from Godlike—that portrayed him as unkind, unyielding. Hence, my mountain.

On my individual journey in this great movement of thought called Christian Science, one thing I have come to know, really know, is that everything comes down to Love, God. Divine Love must come first. A flower cannot grow, a healing cannot take place, unity cannot be restored without Love. Universal, divine Love. The Love that is God. The Apostle Paul describes the love of Love in these verses from First Corinthians, where charity is translated from the Greek word agape, meaning pure, spiritual love:

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