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Thank you John- what a beautiful Lift you have given us. God's love fills all space, throughout all time. It is found in the hearts of every man, woman and child. It neutralizes error and destroys sin, sickness, and death. It guards, guides, and nourishes us. It is what makes healing possible. Our expressions of love bring us nearer to its very source and to our true nature as a child of God. To express love and kindness in our daily lives is the very essence of our being. It demonstrates "God with us." To recommit to love is the most worthwhile of all human endeavors.

Thank You, I really needed to hear this as I am presently working on being selfless, and grateful.

"There is but one way to heaven, harmony, and Christ in divine Science shows us this way" S&H 242:9
"None may pick the lock nor enter by some other door" S&H 99:12

Our devotion to God sets things right, it heals and opens thought wide to a greater sense of gratitude. Science demands a lot, we can't excuse our failure by saying that it doesn't work.
MBE says, "I make strong demands on love, call for active witnesses to prove it, and noble sacrifices and grand achievements as its results" Misc. 250:16

Today is a good day to recommit ourselves to love and know that we are inspired and sustained by God.

ESPAÑOL
"No hay más que un camino que conduce al cielo, la armonía, y Cristo en la Ciencia divina nos muestra ese camino" CyS 242:10
"Nadie puede forzar la cerradura ni entrar por otra puerta" CyS 99:12

Nuestra devoción a Dios lo arregla todo, sana y abre ampliamente las puertas del pensamiento hacia un sentido mayor de gratitud. La Ciencia demanda mucho, no podemos excusar nuestro fracaso diciendo que no sirve.
MBE dijo, " Exijo mucho del amor, exijo pruebas eficaces en testimonio de él y, como su
resultado, nobles sacrificios y grandes hazañas" Misceláneos 250:18

Hoy es un buen día para encomendarnos a amar y saber que estamos inspirados y apoyados por Dios.

Such a perfect message of pure Love to hear in the wee hours of the morning. Thank you so much for this!!!

Thank you! your gentle voice with a powerful message about Love was definitely a perfect guide HOW TO for the New Year!

Thank you, John. I like your words "Conviction to a righteous cause". I am going to elevate my thoughts on this aspect.

Thank you John A joyfilled and productive 2013 to you all!

"God is providing countless opportunities in our lives to love." For me this is a real eye-opener. A priceless gift from God, handing us the opportunity to express His nature, and the best in our own. It all originates in Him, and goes back to Him. Thank you so much for this vade mecum to carry through the new Year.

Love the sense of wider thought which follows through with those infinite kindly rays of love. Thank you.

What a simple but powerful summary of all New Year resolutions. Thank you John

Thank you for this timely reminder to re- commit ourselves to love and to loving one another whoever we are and where ever we are!

Yes, it's true for today and every day - love essence of/from GOD is what keeps us connected and sustained. Thank you for the loving reminder John. Aloha to all from Monika

No other commitment is needed. Thank you!

Thanks John, this really spoke to me this morning. I am recommited!

yes........ in thenwords of a poet:
·love is always outflowing,
and giving all is its return.
a perfect stream of pristine harmony:
Living to create itself
it needs no reason, no purpose for perpetuation
save that of Being

Siento que el Amor es el propulsor de toda acción que acerca más a Dios, es imposible imaginar lo real y eterno sin el Amor,cuando pienso en el orden divino y su propósito no puedo apartar mi sentir de cuan grande Es para desarrollar un progreso que nos conduzca hacia el mayor de los logros, Evangelizar con la certeza del Bien y con el agradecimiento al accionar divino que hace posible por Su infinita bondad espiritualizar haciendo posible el desarrollo de ideas que alumbran la senda abierta por Cristo y que se manifiestan en obras para que la humanidad despierte de su letargo en que está sumida por el materialismo inexistente, ya que la locura delira en lo ireal, y el materialismo es locura por que conduce al caos y al desorden, y el Amor es lo que nos salva de esa locura. Agradezcamos pues al Amor y a toda acción que nos conduzca hacia Él.

Muchas gracias John.

This Lift is such a blessing. I have an upcoming phone call with a loved one that I've been avoiding due, as I see now, to a false belief in a power apart from Mind.
"Conviction to a righteous cause is a strong force capable of overcoming even the most obstinate resistance" woke me up. The statement is an outcome of obedience to the first commandment, and its implications go to the heart and soul, the Truth and Love of each child's only identity, occupation and presence.
"...(T)he strength of our conviction is inspired and sustained by God...." Thus human will, a false concept in itself, is nullified. Bearing witness only to God's child is holy and above all doctrine, form and creed... entirely separate from the belief and dream of human experience. The realm of the real.

"Our devotion to God heals." Isn't this the willingness to let that mind be in us that was also in Christ Jesus and bearing witness to what is (God's complete, harmonious reflection), instead of that which claims to be?

"God is providing countless opportunities in our lives to love." Isn't this the work of the second commandment, the one that Jesus defined in the parable of the good Samaritan, thus instructing us from the beginning to love our enemies?

This Lift has helped me uncover the command giving "lie" or "liar" power. I hate lying and liars so much, I've inadvertently given those concepts undue power.

So, I'm recommitting to the first and second commandments and bowing down to Love.

Thank you.

Thank you, John, for “Recommit to love … our devotion to God sets things right … ‘lighting the dark places of earth’ …” If we can’t be there in person, we can be there in prayer. In person, in prayer, “Love is the liberator” (S&H 225).

THANK YOU for this wonderful LIFT. Yes to love one another is the best way to start the New Year and each and every day.

John, Thank you,for this most inspired "Lift" The Article on "Love" page 249 of Misc, by MBE,is one of my favourite,spiritual jewels, the other is Hymn 291 CS Hymnal,"Quiet ,Lord my froward heart,Make me gentle, pure, and mild, Upright,simple,free from art; Make me as a little child, From distrust and envy free Pleased with all that pleaseth thee----------------.These spiritual gems,I hold most close to my heart. The hymn has three verses each includes the word "Child". These have brought much comfort,at trying times as I cherish"the silent ceaseless prayer;the self-forgetful heart that overflows;the veiled form stealing on an errand of mercy,out of a side door; the little feet tripping along the sidewalk;the gentle hand opening the door that turns toward want and woe,sickness and sorrow,and thus lighting the dark of earth.""Love. What a word!Over what worlds on worlds it hath range and is sovereign!Much love to you dear John and to all that are touched and blessed by these so inspiring Daily Lifts including the Daily Lift Team.Warmly and sincerely Nomvula Cape Town South Africa.

Well, this is a “keeper”, John.

As I was listening to your words, I was reminded of quick quote which was lovingly shared with me by another. It is from CS Jrl. Aug 1955 article “This World of Infinite Love” by Julia M Johnston.

“The ceaseless flowing of divine affection is the life stream of creation.”

When we untie our canoe, we are committed and on our way!

John,thank you so much for the reminder on Love in such a meaningful way.

John, Thank you

John, thank you for your beautiful message!! I so appreciate your comforting voice filled with love. I'm recommitted!!! A wonderful journey to be on!!!!
Love to all

Thank you! I love this DL!

This is the only New Year's resolution I need: to recommit to Love, to obey the two great commandments. And God does make it easy for us by giving us the opportunities.
Thank you for this beautiful quote from Mrs. Eddy, and thank you for your message.

Filled with gratitude for your words John that are so pertinent and helpful as i face a challenge that seems, to my mortal mind, so impressive and "obstinate". I also appreciated reading the comments. Such an afirmation of Good, and support for the conviction to following the path of Love, Harmony, Light.

thank you!!!

Thanks John for this inspiring message to "recommit to love." One of my favorite hymns is #136 and the first verse says:
I love Thy way of freedom, Lord,
To serve Thee is my choice.
In Thy clear light of Truth I rise
And, listening for Thy voice,
I hear Thy promise old and new,
That bids all fear to cease:
My presence still shall go with thee
And I will give thee peace.

God's will is done and it brings freedom not restriction nor burden. We are not deprived of any good by following in Jesus' footsteps and serving God. It eliminates all fear and His ever-presence will give us all peace. This entire hymn is just packed full of wonderful promises. Today and every day is certainly big with blessings.

Thats just so great. Thank you. Yes there is nothing better than love, Love. Yes what a great way of reminding us.

Thank you, dear John Q.! You always exude such Love!!!! I am finding that often the first person I need to forgive and Love is myself. I usually am hardest on myself. If I can see myself as God sees and knows me, then I can let go of my own selfish concepts of myself and rejoice that I am and always have been the very evidence of Love itself! Then I need to go out and prove this identity in the world by acting as the Loved Being that I am and seeing and Loving all others as that same Loved Being. There really IS only One of Us Here!

John: l awoke with this commitment already in my heart this morning...and thank you all for your sharing of your good. Now I must move forward without delay and put it into action in every way. Your and everyone's DL is a wonderful support to the Truth that heals!

Thank You.

What a wonderful Lift! Thank you.

Thank you John for the lovely reminder to recommit to love others and self and most of all to Love.

Thank you so much.

I can sense the strength of this commitment to loving. It can overcome negativity, hate, and all the things which would pull us down. Thank you for this "lift."

Recommitting to Love is a wonderful prayer John and is something we can all do from moment to moment through our thought and deeds. Thank you so much for this message that so deeply touches all of our hearts.

2 Corinthians 5:6--8 "6. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7. We live by faith, not by sight. 8. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord."

In every moment we can decide to be with the Lord. It is our continual re-commitment to Love.

Yesterday spending time with my son filled my day from moment to moment with joy. He told me that he could have turned on some New Year's football games but had decided instead to spend time with the Lord, listen for God's will and feel his love and protection. He had realized that so many of our activities are completely meaningless -- just substance-less noise filling time and space. Recommitting to love is exactly what he was doing. I had prayed that he would "tune in" and change the "material channel" that was filled with static as Ginny Ludeman described in a wonderful lecture along with Chet Manchester http://time4thinkers.com/the-music-of-your-life/. I prayed my son's thought would awaken to the music - God's music, his song, his unlimited Love.

As tribulations present themselves, trying to make us doubt, we can concern ourselves with many things -- but Love is really all that matters.

"Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way." Science and Health.
Only Love. Thank you!

What a powerful, clear, and needed message for all - it even connects and supports some of the trials America is trying to work through. Your words and use of Mrs. Eddy's timeless message give direction. Thank you so much.

John, thanks for the wonderful and timly lift on Love. Re-committing to love, to one another, and to the Divine Love that is God, good; is what the world needs NOW...! Thanks for the reminnder, John...!

Love knows no hate, not even dislike. Love knows no impatience. Love has compassion, understanding. Love has no guile, no jealousy. To actually commit to Love is having all these attributes and then some blessing the whole human family.

Mary in Highland,CA. -1/2/2013
The precious poem by Jill Gooding on the Three L's for Life also ends on Love.(Sentinel of Jan.14,2013).
The other L's are to Lean and to Let,a whole insppiring verse about each. I have noticed that the tune of
Hymn # 75 (God comes with succor speedy) fits every verse of her poem, so one can sing it at home.
Thank you,John, for lifting us high in today's Recommit to Love--- with so many ways to do so.

Love this , Thank you , Wonderful !!! :-)

In the passage that John Q. Adams quotes in this Lift, I love how Mary Baker Eddy spells out what Love looks like...the secret errand of mercy. It shows that we CAN afford to leave our tasks and lists in order to help another. The person she describes probably did laundry by hand, cooked over a woodstove, and slept in a cold room, and yet was able to slip out to care for someone else.

I've been helped more times than I can count...is there any limit to the paying forward I might do?

Many thanks John for this very thoughtful reading of my favorite passage from Misc 250:16 titled Love by MBE. "To do thy will is greater/ Than sacrifice can be;.." (Christian Science Hymnal #151).

Much appreciated. Thank you for this inspiration.

Tom

Can you imagine what this world would be like if everyone followed John's wonderful advice and recommitted to loving each other. I will start right now and get rid of all my petty annoyances, real or imagined, and replace them with Love.

Thank you John, for this Lift, and for your article in the January Journal. And thanks to all the commentors who add so much to each daily Lift, and to Nate and the production team. What a gift of love we have been given.

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! Thank you John and lovingly Happy New Year to you too.

Yes!!!!

"Conviction to a righteous cause is a strong force capable of overcoming even the most obstinate resistance" caught my attention right away. This is a powerful Truth I'll love understanding and using more throughout my day and more. I shared this with someone very dear to me.
I am being more successful in thinking of others as God's perfect reflections with Love and have been able to overcome various challenges that want to say otherwise.

Thank you John for this wonderful lift.

I LOVE!!!!!!!

John, A big WOW! How powerful and wonderful, thank you for that lift and to Alabama, #39, thank you for painting the very picture of love. To all others daily lifters, thanks once again, for inspiring all that are in reach of these shared treasures!!!

I love the thought of devotion to God who is providing us countless opportunities of good for good. Thank you for this wonderful start to the New Year.

Renate
and Love is reflected in Love...
Great Lift, thanks

Just what I needed to hear. Thank you. :)

I felt lifted up by Divine Love itself after hearing this : ) This reaffirms the reason for our being here in this Human Experience. Just one random act of Kindness toward a stranger or family member is a reflection of Divine Love itself.. Thank you for your beautiful lift!

Thank you John for inspiring us to love MORE!!!

I like the idea of "recommitting" rather than "making resolutions" for this New Year. To recommit says to me that we are already committed, we're simply renewing our pledge, our alignment. And as you say, John, we're recommitting to love. I'm going to recommit to love today, and every day this year. Thanks for this great Lift!

Excellent message and important reminder. Thanks

Love lights the dark places of Earth - - what an inspiring Truth that we can immediately employ when any dark place (thought or idea) is uncovered. Thank you.

Much appreciated. Thank you for this inspiration.

Tom

Thank you for those loving words of wisdom, I am most grateful for all the daily lifts I am receiving. They help me find peace in they're words.

Thank you so much for this wonderful and ever-important message!

I like the word recommit as you use the word in recommit to love. It reminds me to continue on the right track, and that we can to it with renewed energy and success. Thank you John.
Along this line the word "obliterate" came to mind, as in obliterate hatred. So, how do we obliterate hatred, evil images, specifically hatred of the spiritual idea?
I found the word used in Science and Health:
"Mortal mind judges by the testimony of the material senses, until Science obliterates this false testimony." (pg 296).
So our recommitment to love also includes a recommitment to be a witness to the spiritual idea, to God's obliteration of "false testimony", and putting a stop to the rehearsal of "false testimony".

thank you John, and all those who have commented and added to the powerful message,
i am off to start my day and find even more ways to love, love and love! what a beautiful day it is

Thank you so much for your uplifting thoughts and for quoting Mary Baker Eddy's thoughts on love. We can not think of them or hear them often enough. Deany Brady

oooooh I love this!! How great is Love!

Thank you so much John for the great lift.

Thank you .

Thank you.

Thank you for your commitment to C.S.

Thank you. This was so helpful to me today.

Thank You very much John! Where can Mrs. Eddy's poem be read? Is it in her Prose Works? Thanks again John for Your much uplifting Daily Lift.

Daily Lift Team:
This quote is from Miscellaneous Writings 1883 -1896, Chapter VIII - Precept upon Precept in the article "Love" beginning on page 249, line 27.

So much love from everyone. Thank you with all my heart.

Thanks, what a beautiful message!!

Thanks you so much for the wonderful ideas in this lift. We started our Christian Science nurses' meeting with this and wow what a difference it made. Thank you so much. Truly a blessing and one I will listen to over and over again!

My wife once answered to the query as to why she is always good to others with "I know no other way to be." To me, this is living love, God-like, Love with graceful compliancy. And so she does! Each thought leading to each and every action thus is recommitment to love. Hers is a painted canvass of beautiful, harmonious colors.
I am so very grateful to breathe in this landscape.

Thank you, John, for this timely "Lift" today.

Thank you, John, I am grateful for your Lift and for our DL community..

A day late, but not a dollar short, because this daily lift is rich. Rich with blessings that make all of us daily Lifters abundantly grateful for Mrs. Eddy and her clear vision of true Love....Thank you Mr. Adams CSB

"Love thy neighbor as THYSELF." Sometimes this starting point seems difficult, but this Lift surely speeds me to take this commitment seriously.

Excellent commitment idea, John! Thank you.

Committeed and recommitted to Love. Thank you.

Thank you John!