I woke up yesterday morning, my thought filled with the words of a hymn: “This is the day the Lord hath made; / Be glad, give thanks, rejoice” (Laura Lee Randall, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 342). The morning was full of minor challenges, and I was grateful to have those words to come back to as a touchstone, reminding me of spiritual power and love. The afternoon brought news of explosions at the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts, and suddenly that faith-filled thought seemed impossible to reconcile with the reports coming over the radio.
Bombs that took the lives of at least three and injured dozens more have left in their wake a shock and that seems to prove the power of evil. If God, divine good, is real and omnipotent, where was His power? What could we possibly be glad and grateful for under these circumstances?
When it comes to stories in the news, such questions have been posed repeatedly in recent months. One thing does seem clear though. In the aftermath of this, and all the devastating events that we have been confronted with lately, we need the inspiration of divine good more than ever.
