Everyone longs for genuine joy, purpose, and satisfaction. When we realize that God, divine Love, is the real source of our satisfaction, grief can no longer hold us in its grip.
A sense of God's power and presence can bring clear glimpses of what it actually means to reflect Him. As God's reflection, each of us naturally expresses health and wholeness.
"Time possesses no intrinsic healing balm," states the author. Where, then, can we turn if mired down in mourning? Can prayer bring us to the point of lasting comfort?
Spiritual growth is never just mentally "standing still." It is an ongoing process, and the growth that brings lasting progress always stems from divine Love.
Even when we're given responsibility for the discipline of others, the only genuine obedience and healing come from realizing how God's law operates to enforce His will, not ours.
Are we all alone in the world with our only companions being doubt, bewilderment, and fear? As we learn of our inseparability from God as His sons and daughters, feelings of alienation dissolve.