Some time before my mother passed on she spoke with me about eternal life and the confidence that she felt in the continual and progressive expression of life—even beyond death. She pointed out that this life should not be burdened with grief.
When she was gone, for a time I felt numb, without any inner warmth. She was the person I had been closest to because she was the member of the family who had most understood and shared my desire for deep Christian truth—something we both had found in Christian Science. What is more, she had steered us children through difficult times with great willingness to sacrifice. I had not got over the feeling that I had not fully returned this great love.
There was also the fear that this person I loved so much— now beyond my care—was headed for parts unknown and was perhaps lonely. This dull depression was soon over when I realized that my fear was groundless because God and man, His creation, are inseparable. For this reason, neither I nor my mother could actually go where God is not present or where new tasks and satisfactions would not await us. As God's children, none of us ever lack His guidance and therefore can never lack protection and supply. To prove this, however, requires diligent prayer to gain a clearer understanding of God as the only Life and of man's true nature as the reflection of this Life.
