By

Mark Unger, C.S.

Thanksgiving and spiritual progress

The following was sent to me by someone who has been deeply studying and practicing the ideas from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, especially over the past year. This is a list of things she felt she had to be grateful for in her life

Love dissolves intractable hate

I felt like I couldn’t take it anymore. I just couldn’t sit back and accept all the killing and fighting and hatred and anger in Iraq that I read about day after day after day. Then in a moment of heartfelt prayer, I was struck by a clear spiritual realization. Love—with a capital L, a Biblical name for God—is right there where entrenched conflict appears to be. I knew I could (and should) keep praying and accepting the fact that Love is the real power in Iraq.