A beautiful white peony growing on a pile of jagged bricks—the remnants of a bombed house—attracted much attention. To local residents of that war-torn city it symbolized the indestructible vigor of life and beauty. It was a message for them that however unpromising human conditions may seem to be, spiritual good survives.
In the same way, we sometimes see the good qualities that mankind derives from God surviving and blossoming even in human conditions that seem hostile. The divine qualities of Life, Love, and Mind that constitute the nature of the real, spiritual man are immortal, indestructible. Their survival is never challenged. Likewise, their human derivatives—the good human qualities such as compassion, quickness of intellect, honesty, morality, the love of goodness and beauty—are protected through divine law. When this is understood, these qualities survive apparently miraculously, even in difficult situations.
This is no fluke. It is an indication of the eternality of good and of the care that God expresses for His own immortal ideas—care that mankind experiences in the context of worldly affairs through the Christ, the true idea of God, which comes to human consciousness, uplifts it, and acts as an increasingly powerful healing influence as it is increasingly understood.
