Prayer for Blacksburg, Virginia

My heart goes out to those grieving after the shooting at Blacksburg, Virginia. Right where that tragedy seems to be, God is there comforting His children. The Bible tells us, “As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” (Isa. 66:13)

Right this minute, God’s love is everpresent and eternal. Right now, this love can be felt. We can never be separated from the ones we love. Why not? Because Life is eternal.

I remember a woman told me years ago when her husband passed on, that she could not be separated from him. Even though her husband was no longer with her, the qualities that he expressed from God were always with her as were the wonderful memories they had shared.

Those friends that have passed away at Blacksburg can never be separated from us. We can treasure their memories. We can hold to what these friends brought to our lives. These wonderful qualities of our friends can never be lost. They are ideas and ideas can never die.

Mary Baker Eddy says in her textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “This is the doctrine of Christian Science: that divine Love cannot be deprived of its manifestation, or object; that joy cannot be turned into sorrow, for sorrow is not the master of joy; that good can never produce evil; that matter can never produce mind nor life result in death.”(304:9-14)