Thank you Lorenzo for this inspiring lift. Yes. "What a wonderful feeling that sickness may not last for a moment, when we have God [divine Love] and what He is. in our awareness." "Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight,/ Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee." (Christian Science Hymnal #317)
Vicki Knickerbocker
- 7/1/2011
What a wonderful reminder that whatever is tempting us to believe that we can be without God, good is exactly what I needed to hear this morning.
It has lifted my thought beyond what the material senses seem to be telling me early this morning. Thank you so much.
robert donaldson, brunswick maine usa
- 7/1/2011
Thanks for being tributary to God. Spirit, and to nothing else.
Elena Shideler, California (San Diego)
- 7/1/2011
When we wallowed in self pity we can’t see further than our noses, we soon get the feeling of loss and our lives become a fast down spiral. Someone might think, ”It’s my life, let me be”, but no, this is only a false feeling that nobody cares, not even God! If we harbor despair we also hurt everyone that REALLY cares—and we might not even know.
MBE says, “Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual, — neither in nor of matter, — and the body will then utter no complaints. If suffering from a belief in sickness, you will find yourself suddenly well. Sorrow is turned into joy when the body is controlled by spiritual Life, Truth, and Love. Hence the hope of the promise Jesus bestows: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; . . . because I go unto my Father," S&H 14:12
This shouldn’t surprise anyone who believe Jesus’ words, he said we’ll do even greater things that he did. http://bible.cc/john/14-12.htm . Just remember who to give the credit to when the problem is gone.
ESPAÑOL: Cuando nos revolcamos en la autocompasión no podemos ver más allá de nuestras narices, pronto nos viene una sensación de pérdida y nuestras vida comienza una rápida bajada sin control. Alguien podría pensar: "Es mi vida, déjame solo", pero no, esto solo es una falsa sensación de que a nadie le importa, ni siquiera a Dios. Si albergamos desesperación también herimos a todo aquel a quién VERDADERAMENTE—le importamos—y tal vez ni los sepamos.
MBE, dice, "Estad conscientes por un solo momento de que la Vida y la inteligencia son puramente espirituales —que no están en la materia ni proceden de ella— y el cuerpo no proferirá entonces ninguna queja. Si estáis sufriendo a causa de una creencia en la enfermedad, os encontraréis bien repentinamente. El pesar se convierte en gozo cuando el cuerpo está gobernado por la Vida, por la Verdad y por el Amor espirituales. De ahí la esperanza que nos da la promesa de Jesús:
"El que en mí cree, las obras que yo hago, él las hará también;... porque yo voy al Padre” CyS 14:12
Esto no debería sorprender a nadie que crea en las palabras de Jesús, dijo que haremos cosas más grandes que él. http://bibliaparalela.com/john/14-12.htm . Sólo recordemos a quién darle el crédito cuando desaparece el problema.
Margaret Sunshine Coast Australia
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo, for this inspiring Lift. We had four small children at one stage, and I came out and sat in a chair and said "Father I don't have time to be sick." And the sickness was gone! Just as your prayer dispelled the fear, so was the fear threatening me - gone! And this is the whole glory of Christian Science that our prayers do have a healing effect, and often instantaneously!
I came in through the side door, Nathan, via Spirituality.com, but who cares just as long as we are part of the wonderful Daily Lift. Heaped gratitude to our BoL, the lecturers and Lifters, ever alert and ready to contribute wonderful comments. See you all again on Monday.
Courtenay Rule
- 7/1/2011
Brilliant, Lorenzo! Thank you so much for this amazing reminder! And thank you to the whole team for some truly wonderful Lifts this week. Keep them coming, won't you!
John from Trinidad
- 7/1/2011
Thanks Lorenzo. I needed that reminder of God's allness..Keep up the great work!...John
Liz, Kansas City,
- 7/1/2011
Me too. I'm taking this reminder with me today that I can not be separated from the wonderful truth that I am God's whole, perfect daughter right now. There is no time. God is All, good, and is now. Thank you!
ROY of Great Britain
- 7/1/2011
this reminded me of a Monday morning I went to work feeling "under the weather"; but as I walked along a corridor the thought came "This is the day the Lord has made, be glad give thanks rejoice". When I entered a room, those inside asked me why I was so cheerful on a Monday morning
Joel of Toronto
- 7/1/2011
Excellent ideas Lorenzo. I am discovering that weeding one's inner garden, one's daily thoughts, is far from being a one time thing. Each day there is more in the way of gardening challenges bubbling up into consciousness rather than less to deal with. And Mary Baker Eddy, through her inspired writings and various sister publications, amply provides us with the ways and the means to sort through and resolve dis-ease of every sort.
These brief but substantive Daily Lifts provide a great beginning to each week day and a perfect entree to further Christian Science study. I look forward to them with eager anticipation every time.
Elaine in Virginia
- 7/1/2011
I, as others have stated, am so grateful for the lifts.
Every day brings a new thought to help me meet the challenges of the moment.
Anonymous
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo! So wonderful that in Christian Science it is the Truth that heals. It's not what we know that heals, it's our unwaivering faith in the Truth that heals! And the Truth is that God is All! Therefore whatever presents itself to our consciousness that isn't true or God's word, has no power, unless we choose to give it power. God is the only Power and we have the courage, discipline and faith to understand and take a stand for this Truth! Happy 4th of July weekend to All, accepting the "glorious liberty of the children of God" and celebrating our freedom! Whaoo!!!
Grace from Texas
- 7/1/2011
Thanks, Lorenzo, just like the Prodigal Son, each day we do need to recognize all the good that God has for all of us. Soul's work is to bless and ours is to reflect /receive the spiritual gifts that fill God's Kingdom with goodness, joy, mercy, beauty, dignity, prosperity, and so on. God is wonderfully Good, intelligent and loving, Life-giving and Mind-inspiring.. And thank you, all!
Elizabeth B
- 7/1/2011
Thank you very much for your truly wonderful lift.
Anne from South France
- 7/1/2011
Bonjour
Thank you so much for this daily lift which reminded me what Violet Ruden, my CS teacher said at her 1979 association day:
"There is a little joke that the one thing about self-pity is that it is so sincere!
We don't want to be a member of the P.D.L.M. Club (Poor DearLittle Me club)"
I love that and your lift is a great reminder!
Janice from Norton, MA
- 7/1/2011
Love your message today! As you mention that sickness need not last "for a moment" reminds me of a practitioner telling me years ago that healing can come as quickly as light comes when we flick the switch ... as quickly as our thinking changes, just as quickly comes our healing! Thanks so much for your message today!
Annie Higgins, West Wareham,Mass,USA
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo, grateful to hear your testimony of God's instantaneous goodness in healing the belief of a cold! I'm reminded to focus on and trust God's constant care! We look forward to hearing you lecture in New England soon! Thank you #10-Joel, and all the wonderful comments from the Lifters and Daily Lift Team!
Bill in Sand Key
- 7/1/2011
Lorenzo I love the simplicity, the clarity & the totality of this lift. I expect there will be many times today that its reassuring message will be put to good use.
Roselina AGOSSOU
- 7/1/2011
Thanks so much Lorenzo, for the very inspiring lift.
Joan P from New Jersey
- 7/1/2011
WOW Love it. Truth in action. As a new student of CS it brought a smile to my face. Thank you Lorenzo and thank you Nate, our Bol, the Lectures and Lifters, and Joel #10. - joan
Lisa
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for your strong, clear directive.
Alice
- 7/1/2011
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so very much.
Maisey in Ontario
- 7/1/2011
Thank you.
Lyn
- 7/1/2011
When you weed out the lies, all you have is Truth because Truth is all there really ever was to begin with. God is all. I just love it! Thank you so much Lorenzo for a beautiful beginning for another wonderful day!
Circles-of-light; Scotland
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo, exactly what I needed to hear today!
Jan in PA
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo, for sharing your healing....simple but profound. These lifts and comments are so helpful.
Note to J.S. in KY: Thank you much for holding to truth about my husband the other day. The pathology report shows him to be cancer-free! God is so GOOD!!
Myangelite
- 7/1/2011
I had a similar experience, instant healing, this past spring. It was really quite amazing. One minute, I was hardly able to move around and the next minute, I was dusting my furniture. It was as if I never experienced a problem. It should not be surprising to see such a quick reversal, since we know the reality of our being is only expressed in health. Thanks for sharing your healing, Lorenzo. It made me remember mine and smile. Have a wonderful day, "lifters!"
Joy in Alberta Canada
- 7/1/2011
Thanks to Lorenzo! This is a wake-up!
Every time I listen to a Daily Lift I am so grateful to all the inspired Lecturers who give these healing messages from all over the world; and for
the Mother Church Board of Lectureship, Nate, the production team, the musicians, and all this Family of listeners who share your insights --
Thank you all!
Carol
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo. Two words stood out to me in your lift -- "feeling" and "awareness". Knowing that God is always with us, in sickness and in health, dispels any fear that there is a resolution, a healthy one. And we know the "feeling" when the healing is manifest -- if not instantaneous, that there was any doubt that it would come, and the blessing is the "awareness" that God was always there and that His power is absolute and spontaneous as soon as we accept its all-presence and all-action.
Norma Jean
- 7/1/2011
That is the kind of demonstration/proof we need and cherish of God's omnipresence and omnipotence — the proof that Christian Science is indeed the law of God in operation. Thank you, Lorenzo, for LIVING Christian Science and sharing your healing experience with us.
Jan True, Laguna Hills, CA
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo, for your great lift!
Yes, we can claim our freedom now! No waiting required.
Sylvia - Boston
- 7/1/2011
What a wonderful lesson Lorenzo amigo. Thank you somuch for sharing. Un abrazo
Jessica Dornevil
- 7/1/2011
Thank you,so very much,Lorenzo for that lift.
Brightlight
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo for your strong, clear thought. I was struggling with a challenge this morning until I listened to your lift..."Here now, gone now!
...then this thought came to me, step back and let the train go by! As a result I'm free from any further suffering and I can go forward with joy expressing God's love and total perfection in my day.
Thank you #10 Joel, "...weeding one’s inner garden, one’s daily thoughts, is far from being a one time thing." I'm so grateful to all the "lifters."...each and every comment is precious to me, thank you.
Kaye from Kansas
- 7/1/2011
Gratitude and recognition of all the good that is always around us! AND putting up the NO VACANCY sign to thoughts that are not good as we were told about on yesterday's daily lift. Vigilance, "weeding our garden" (#, Joel @10) to thought. Got it! Thank you! .
Lynn in Sacramento, CA
- 7/1/2011
Lorenzo, Such a clear, simple statement of truth. Thank you so much
Cathy B in Il.
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for the simple uplifting message. I love the Lift community. I want to thank the person who gave me the 2 citations on dealing with being an empty nester. They were very helpful. A friend from AU Bible study emailed me about the response. I want to thank her too. What a great world wide community we have. What a joy to help bear one anther's burdens. Our son arrived safe and sound and HOT. A great big thank you to all.
Alice Suitt
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, thank you!
Alice Suitt
Gary - Nanaimo
- 7/1/2011
Thank you so much Lorenzo. I have had a couple of similar experiences - sometimes we have to learn the same lesson over again. Now it seems natural to successfully challenge these things in their incipient or early stages with more confidence. Divine Love is infinite and cares for and gives beauty and strength to all.
Like Joel #10, I am happy that the Daily Lift team is on the job today and every working weekday.
It is Canada Day today and we as a country have a lot to be grateful for;
for those men and women in the military who are willing to sacrifice their lives or their own peace of mind in their efforts to bring peace and stability to the world; for our leaders who make the difficult decisions of fundings and policies; for those who pray for the unity of mankind - to "Our Father..."
Ola
- 7/1/2011
God is all, and we are part of that allness! That is enough defense against all odds. Thanks for the message Lorenzo.
Anonymous
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo for sharing your instantaneous healing of a cold! I had a similar healing of very strong cold symptoms. I had a realization that it was only an illusion and I admitted that right where the symptoms seemed to be was my peace, joy and harmony as a reflection of God. I didn't feel any better but I trusted and accepted that it was the Truth! I decided to go ahead and get ready for work that day instead of staying home and consenting to illness. Less than 30 minutes later as I was leaving the house I realized that all the symptoms had vanished! I felt great! The whole thing was an illusion! The really special thing is that several years later, I realized that I have never experienced another cold-and still haven't! Christian Science is pretty awesome!
marilyn from Idaho
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo for your lovely Lift, it fills me with gratitude and love.
Vicky.
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo for the wonderful reminder that God is All. A practitioner told once told me that 'when God sees me, he sees himself', and I thought we cannot be more at one when in this knowing. Thank you Nathan and all lifters. All have a wonderful fourth of July!
Sally from San Diego
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, dear Lorenzo! We speak of you often in gratitude for you and your lectures given here in So. Cal.
I have awakened to a great realization that only God makes decisions! We can go along with them or slough along on our own for awhile but sooner or later the suffering for our supposed problems will cause us to turn toward the Truth that is God. It is our acceptance of what God wants for us that heals and transforms our days and moments without a delay.
Once when a healing seemed prolonged in coming, I was lead to stop asking God why and simply ask Him what He wanted for me. The answer came when I got quiet. "I want only good!" That stopped me in my tracks because that was what I wanted, too! It still seemed to take awhile for me to accept that, that was the healing!
If God wants only good and He is all powerful, ever present and knows all then that which we have must be all good. I turned myself around to see the spiritual view of what was present and the body answered the Truth about it by becoming stronger, more useful, my servant and not my master. What joy is possible to those who suffer long or short bouts with error. It will yield to the perfect model that God created! Blessings to all.
Maureen from Spearfish
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for today's LIft, and for the whole week of inspired LIfts and comments.
If I reckon correctly, we are coming up (in August?) on the 2 year anniversary of these LIfts? And I can't even really remember a time when we did NOT have their precious inspiration, and deep sense of family. My heart and soul overflow with gratitude for all involved, and for the initial listening to Mind which brought forth the idea.
kdy
- 7/1/2011
Oh, the oneness we have with God is the great blessing to be felt and enjoyed
of infinite Love that is our being. I thought I might call for a C.S. treatment today and now that need has been met. Thank you for the wake up call. I can
not have anything that God does not have and he does not have pain therefore I do not pain. I have oneness with God and am free and have awareness of all that is real in the atmosphere of Love where I live and move and have my being.
Ruth, in Alberta, Canada
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo. The Christ, Truth, that enabled Jesus to see through material symptoms to "the perfect man", and thus to restore harmony -- is ever-available to heal, in any circumstance.
A few years ago, I was speaking with a practitioner on the phone about another matter, when he began to cough, as though he had a bad cold. He immediately rebuked this suggestion, with words along the lines of: "Get out of here! You're just trying to interrupt our conversation!". We spoke for about another 1/2 hour, and there was no further sign of illness. Having frequently suffered with beliefs of long colds, not always "knowing the Truth" promptly, I have since been more alert to say "no!" when any such symptoms presented themselves, and have had good results in healing the claim of colds since that time - knowing that disease is not a valid part of me, that God did not make it, and that I don't need to let any suggestion, big or small, insinuate itself into consciousness, or "run its course".
I am working prayerfully to extend this line of defense to other areas where habits of thought would claim to admit error, or identify any illness or disorder as integral to who I am. When the fear ("false evidence, appearing real") of any seemingly chronic or habitual condition is exposed, and dismissed by Truth, restoration follows.
In Hymn #7 of the Christian Science Hymnal, Bertha Woods writes:
"... Health, hope and love in all around I see
For those who trustingly abide in Thee."
California Sue
- 7/1/2011
Muchas Gracias, Lorenzo!
Buenos Dias, everyone, today and everyday!!
I got truly "lifted" by this Lift!
:<))
Carolyn says:
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for this wonderful Lift. And thank you, Joel, for your idea of gardening challenges. I am often in the garden (literally) weeding and cleaning and now I know that in daily challenges I need to clear the weeds and make more room for Gods Love to blossom.
Robin
- 7/1/2011
Very Uplifting !! Simple straight forward and helpful truth. Thank you!
gwen
- 7/1/2011
This reminder to "STAY IN SPIRIT" as a Sentinel article I read lately said,is a great start to my day. The TRUTH of God's man is needed every momentand we have it in our Daily Bible Lessons and periodicals and THE LIFT.
The world is screaming SO loudly, the SWEET assurance of Christian
Science is indeed THE COMFORTER and we need it, and it is here. SO
GRATEFUL, thank you.
Elizabeth R.
- 7/1/2011
I appreciate so much this humble re-Mind-er that self-focus is simply not
the way of God, nor should it be ours! What a wonderful healing this is,
and how inspiring! Thanks, Lorenzo!
RAY VELAZQUEZ
- 7/1/2011
DEAR lORENZO,
i CERTANTLY NEEDED A LIFT TODAY AND YOUR COMMENTS WERE SO SIMPLE AND YET SO TRUE THAT I BEGAN TO FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE AND WITHIN MINUTES LITERALY I WAS FULL OF JOY AND THANKFUL TO GOD FOR ALL HE HAS GIVEN ME AND CONTINUES TO GIVE ME. THANK YOU !!!!
RAY
Lynn
- 7/1/2011
Beautifully put! !Muchas gracias!
Susan Brown
- 7/1/2011
The multi-lingual tongue of Spirit you express so purely and simply thrills my heart. Your words and their harmonious tones sing Soul's song to my soul, and I can't help but singing along. I'll hum along all day! Thank you. I hear the rhythm of incorporeal Life!, and how sweet it is.
Peggy A.
- 7/1/2011
Simple and wonderful! Thank you very much.
Bill y Joan de Denver
- 7/1/2011
Lorenzo: Thanks so much, just what we needed today, we were also thinking of buying a steak too! Very grateful for the lift, so helpful!
Mary Jo
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, for when we feel sorry for ourselves, and we all do at times, we are not putting God first and knowing we are His image and likeness.
If God is All, there is no room for sickness and poof! it can be gone like that.
It is nice to hear these lifts; thank you very much for these daily reminders.
Barbara Ohannes, Carol Stream, IL
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo for your clarity of the oneness and All- ness of God and our relationship as His child having only the substance of Good. Thank you also to #4 for her expounding on the ideas. I wish the wonderful Lift people would also write out the ideas of the lecturer so we can savor it and share it's ideas in text for our use and of course to share.
You all are so wonderful and your spiritual ideas make me ever so joyous for your contribution.
Love to all
Barbara
Teresa Cristina says:
- 7/1/2011
Thanks Lorenzo to feel here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the same feeling that you, when you say that is not right suffer for anything because God is everything. I'm really happy to hear this so impotant and sweet message.
Jackie from Oswego, IL
- 7/1/2011
Great example! Thanks, Lorenzo.
Sandy from Canada
- 7/1/2011
Thank you so much, Lorenzo. I love the simplicity of the Truth. God is All. He is Good. All activity is His. We are one with Him. Profound!
Heather in Suwanee GA USA
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo
What an incredible example…of turning to God
Letting our “human footsteps” pattern the divine
Get up (wake up to Truth that light) and go!!!..act and think rightly
Dropping the mortal picture (sin, sickness, and death) and
seeing the permanent order and harmony (Life, Truth, and Love) going on in our lives….What LIGHT!
And how clear your Lift is
Thank you again :)
Made me think of this line from S&H
S&H 255:1
Eternal Truth is changing the universe. As mortals drop off their mental swaddling-clothes, thought expands into expression. "Let there be light," is the perpetual demand of Truth and Love, changing chaos into order and discord into the music of the spheres.
Happy Weekend and Happy 4th Daily Lift Family
Thank you for ALL the comments
4 Elena Thank you!
5 Margaret. Love that!.. "no time for this"
9.Roy...That made me smile! "This is the day...be glad!"
10 Joel...Daily Gardening...Love that!
26. Myangelite.. great healing! Thank you
27 Joy.. I am also..SO grateful, you put it so beautifully
33 Thank you for sharing that...We have had MANY a healing
from working with these lovely Daily Lift ideas.. How dear!
Uncle John Laguna Hills Ca.
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for the lift. A friend once accused me of trying to have a
pity party. Only one problem, nobody showed up except me. So I stopped having them.
Love the lifts and the all the liftees for their sharing.
Only proves once again, Love is reflected in love.
Diane Ward of St. Petersburg, Florida......
- 7/1/2011
9's Hymnal quote is from Hymn #342....one I say to myself just before I go to bed every night.....Laura Lee Randall's 3 verses are exceptional!
Rosalinda
- 7/1/2011
Dear Lorenzo,
Thank you for this Lift! I have had similar experiences and am most
grateful to hear of yours. Your explanation of the work you did is very
helpful to us all. Thank you again.
Dace in Alberta
- 7/1/2011
Thank you Lorenzo. Your healing brought to mind the time when I turned my ankle when stepping off the sidewalk on the way home from our first evening out after our son was born. My husband helped me to cross the street and was going to drive us home but then the thought came: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS." I said that I would drive as usual. We had a lovely conversation on the way home and I just forgot about the ankle until I was at the top of the stairs at home. Hymn 58 from the CS Hymnal would best describe the joy we felt then and today:
When I woke this morning not feeling well,listening to today's Lift gave just the thought that was needed and I am able to fully enjoy this beautiful sunny day and celebrate our country's 144th birthday- Canada Day!
Susan - Washington state
- 7/1/2011
This is wonderful. I have had those instances, too, of dropping self-pity by getting out, waking up to clearer thinking, and interacting in God's world. Thank you for this great lift!
margaret
- 7/1/2011
Muchas gracias Lorenzo......y todos por these lovely lifts of gratitude.
And 27, Jan, me too! every time I listen I am filled with gratitude and blessings to God for all these lovely avenues we have to learn more about who we really are as God's reflections. Thank you DL team. This is a perfect way to head in to the weekend. Hugs to everyone.
Bill from Va
- 7/1/2011
Lorenzo, thanks for the inspiring message.
Michael from Hermon,ME
- 7/1/2011
Thanks Lorenzo! Instantaneous healing--that is what we have available to us at any moment. And not feeling sorry for ourselves,--I found that particularly helpful today!
Best regards.
Dorothy L.,Fla.
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for your healing thoughts and experience.Your love and understanding has been very helpful to me....and I'm sure many others
J.S. in Ky.
- 7/1/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo. Your opening statement covers the whole ground! The right concept of God and who we really are, removes anything that wouldn't, couldn't come from the all-knowing, all good Creator of all. This fits with Josh Niles' Lift on 6-28. All wrongs, or absence from ever-present perfection and protection of our Father stems from Gen.2&3 version of “God”. In Gen.1, there's 7 evaluations of creation. Six say God saw what He created (by His word - see John 1) was good. The 7th sums up with Him seeing everything He made was VERY good. In Gen.2, there's only 1 evaluation. God says “It is not good”, speaking of what he created, man. Isa. 45:11 says, “Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.” God didn't even know what his hands were working in G.2. After he made creatures (already before man in G.1) in a continually failing attempt to make man a helpmeet, He finds out they aren't satisfactory for His purpose. He was experimenting, with no knowledge of what would be the outcome. Disassociating from this “creator” and knowing the real G.1 God, will make wrongs go away, for they never had a real origin. They don't belong to God, or creation. G-2 God didn't know what man needed until after he was made. Jesus said our Father knows our need before we ask.
All above, Thanks! #26, Jan, I share your thanks with other lifters who also saw him in God's perfection & protection. Remember, there is no backward step in God.
Anne
- 7/1/2011
THANKS! GOOD REMINDERS OF HOW TO FEEL BETTER.
Sharon, Decatur, Illinois
- 7/1/2011
Thank you for this account of the healing of the cold symptoms. It reminds me of my mother who was experiencing those symptoms and felt the need to lie down. She recounted what she thought as she regretfully went to bed (because she had numerous responsibilities and deadlines). Her thought was: "I can lay my body down, but I don't have to lay my thoughts down." In a few minutes, the symptoms disappeared, she was able to arise and continue with her duties, rejoicing in the healing she experienced.
I so appreciate your reminder that any symptoms of illness may seem to be "here now", but they were not supplied by God, and thus are truly "gone now." How profoundly simple.
Marilyn from Maine
- 7/1/2011
Thanks Lorenzo. Very inspiring and helpful. In western Maine we remember your good and healing lectures!
Anonymous
- 7/1/2011
So grateful to know that each of us thas been given the "sovereign power" to "defend ourselves daily against aggressive mental suggestion" - which is all that a cold or any sickness really is! We can rejoice in the knowledge of our wholeness in God!
AnnonymousN
- 7/2/2011
Oh, my goodness!!! What a feast, full of spiritual food!! I want to thank each and every one of you for this meal full of Truth. I am going to reread this for some time, because I seem to be dealing with serious claim, and all of you, including our lecturer, Lorenzo, have given me so much to work with.
Thank you DL team.
Anne
- 7/2/2011
What a perfect Lift to finish my day -- as I retire with these inspirational Truths....Thank you.
Beca Lewis
- 7/2/2011
Thank you so much for this reminder to never accept anything other than the wholeness of Good.
Z. Scotland
- 7/2/2011
Thank you Lorenzo and (64) I was having one of these parties and you made me laugh and come out of it Thanks to all ZS
Sherry in Florida
- 7/2/2011
So grateful for the lift today. Many thanks for your clear thinking and positive stand for God.
Barbara, Laveen, Arizona
- 7/2/2011
I am reading this a day late, but wish to thank you, Lorenzo, for this treatment of mortal mind's insistence that we must wallow in self-pity and be so mesmerized we don't express normality for ourselves.
I always enjoy my fellow lifters follow-up comments. They bring the points home through practical examples. This is truly church in action - ALIVE!
An example I love to tell about is when I received help from my Christian Science teacher on a stubborn cold. After her strong declaration of my present perfection as God's idea, I stubbornly said that I really was sick. She ended the conversation quickly. When I hung up, I was well! So much for that state of thinking. :) This week's Lesson Sermon from the Christian Science Quarterly on God covers the practitioner's needed responses clearly.
Yolande
- 7/2/2011
Thanks Lorenzo. It seems so easy and it truly is...we just need to recognize that we are being used by mortal mind and tell the truth about the lie. Very inspiring and up"lifting."
shining ray
- 7/2/2011
I love this message and each and every comment.
You can be healed with one interjection! Years ago the Second Reader and I were practicing for the Sunday service. I was really ill and headed for the ladies' room. The Second Reader, who had been praying, said, "Pooh!" with great spiritual force. I was healed at that moment. The lesson was clear: The likeness of Soul cannot be so-o-o unlike good.
Thank you, Lorenzo, for providing this freedom feast.
Faye
- 7/3/2011
Thanks!
Carlos A. González, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- 7/3/2011
Ah, how good is to listen to you, Lorenzo. Thanks for such a clear message that we need nowadays. I am learning to be more alert every day because it seems that everything around us suggests that 'now' there is danger, diseases, disasters, food shortages, unemployment and a whole range of junk that looks so real and yet they are just a big zero, nothing. As you point it out, we cannot suffer these things because God does not suffer them. Yes, to recognise the totality of God, good 'now', every moment, every hour, allows us to have instantaneous healing, but if it takes a bit longer, we do not despair, divine Love solves everything and we benefit as His reflection.
Rachel Koller, TX
- 7/4/2011
Many Thanks, for this spiritual site, that LIFTS, MY attention, and offers
a friendly hand to bring me to the right track of thought, in this earthly
journey.
Many blessings to ALL, that share the LIGHT.
In brotherly love,
Rachel
Lark
- 7/5/2011
Thank you, Lorenzo, for these encouraging words of truth.
Joy Vero Fl
- 7/6/2011
Thanks Lorenzo, just the lift I needed today!!! So well put, thanks for sharing your experience.
Pat from McCaysville GA
- 7/8/2011
That was so clear, so simple but so important. Reminds me of "shake the dust off of your feet" and get moving!
Thanks so much. It is ALWAYS good to have a wake up call such as you provided.
Malcolm Drummond, Henrietta NY
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo for this inspiring lift. Yes. "What a wonderful feeling that sickness may not last for a moment, when we have God [divine Love] and what He is. in our awareness." "Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight,/ Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee." (Christian Science Hymnal #317)
Vicki Knickerbocker
- 7/1/2011What a wonderful reminder that whatever is tempting us to believe that we can be without God, good is exactly what I needed to hear this morning.
It has lifted my thought beyond what the material senses seem to be telling me early this morning. Thank you so much.
robert donaldson, brunswick maine usa
- 7/1/2011Thanks for being tributary to God. Spirit, and to nothing else.
Elena Shideler, California (San Diego)
- 7/1/2011When we wallowed in self pity we can’t see further than our noses, we soon get the feeling of loss and our lives become a fast down spiral. Someone might think, ”It’s my life, let me be”, but no, this is only a false feeling that nobody cares, not even God! If we harbor despair we also hurt everyone that REALLY cares—and we might not even know.
MBE says, “Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual, — neither in nor of matter, — and the body will then utter no complaints. If suffering from a belief in sickness, you will find yourself suddenly well. Sorrow is turned into joy when the body is controlled by spiritual Life, Truth, and Love. Hence the hope of the promise Jesus bestows: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; . . . because I go unto my Father," S&H 14:12
This shouldn’t surprise anyone who believe Jesus’ words, he said we’ll do even greater things that he did. http://bible.cc/john/14-12.htm . Just remember who to give the credit to when the problem is gone.
ESPAÑOL: Cuando nos revolcamos en la autocompasión no podemos ver más allá de nuestras narices, pronto nos viene una sensación de pérdida y nuestras vida comienza una rápida bajada sin control. Alguien podría pensar: "Es mi vida, déjame solo", pero no, esto solo es una falsa sensación de que a nadie le importa, ni siquiera a Dios. Si albergamos desesperación también herimos a todo aquel a quién VERDADERAMENTE—le importamos—y tal vez ni los sepamos.
MBE, dice, "Estad conscientes por un solo momento de que la Vida y la inteligencia son puramente espirituales —que no están en la materia ni proceden de ella— y el cuerpo no proferirá entonces ninguna queja. Si estáis sufriendo a causa de una creencia en la enfermedad, os encontraréis bien repentinamente. El pesar se convierte en gozo cuando el cuerpo está gobernado por la Vida, por la Verdad y por el Amor espirituales. De ahí la esperanza que nos da la promesa de Jesús:
"El que en mí cree, las obras que yo hago, él las hará también;... porque yo voy al Padre” CyS 14:12
Esto no debería sorprender a nadie que crea en las palabras de Jesús, dijo que haremos cosas más grandes que él. http://bibliaparalela.com/john/14-12.htm . Sólo recordemos a quién darle el crédito cuando desaparece el problema.
Margaret Sunshine Coast Australia
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo, for this inspiring Lift. We had four small children at one stage, and I came out and sat in a chair and said "Father I don't have time to be sick." And the sickness was gone! Just as your prayer dispelled the fear, so was the fear threatening me - gone! And this is the whole glory of Christian Science that our prayers do have a healing effect, and often instantaneously!
I came in through the side door, Nathan, via Spirituality.com, but who cares just as long as we are part of the wonderful Daily Lift. Heaped gratitude to our BoL, the lecturers and Lifters, ever alert and ready to contribute wonderful comments. See you all again on Monday.
Courtenay Rule
- 7/1/2011Brilliant, Lorenzo! Thank you so much for this amazing reminder! And thank you to the whole team for some truly wonderful Lifts this week. Keep them coming, won't you!
John from Trinidad
- 7/1/2011Thanks Lorenzo. I needed that reminder of God's allness..Keep up the great work!...John
Liz, Kansas City,
- 7/1/2011Me too. I'm taking this reminder with me today that I can not be separated from the wonderful truth that I am God's whole, perfect daughter right now. There is no time. God is All, good, and is now. Thank you!
ROY of Great Britain
- 7/1/2011this reminded me of a Monday morning I went to work feeling "under the weather"; but as I walked along a corridor the thought came "This is the day the Lord has made, be glad give thanks rejoice". When I entered a room, those inside asked me why I was so cheerful on a Monday morning
Joel of Toronto
- 7/1/2011Excellent ideas Lorenzo. I am discovering that weeding one's inner garden, one's daily thoughts, is far from being a one time thing. Each day there is more in the way of gardening challenges bubbling up into consciousness rather than less to deal with. And Mary Baker Eddy, through her inspired writings and various sister publications, amply provides us with the ways and the means to sort through and resolve dis-ease of every sort.
These brief but substantive Daily Lifts provide a great beginning to each week day and a perfect entree to further Christian Science study. I look forward to them with eager anticipation every time.
Elaine in Virginia
- 7/1/2011I, as others have stated, am so grateful for the lifts.
Every day brings a new thought to help me meet the challenges of the moment.
Anonymous
- 7/1/2011Thank you, Lorenzo! So wonderful that in Christian Science it is the Truth that heals. It's not what we know that heals, it's our unwaivering faith in the Truth that heals! And the Truth is that God is All! Therefore whatever presents itself to our consciousness that isn't true or God's word, has no power, unless we choose to give it power. God is the only Power and we have the courage, discipline and faith to understand and take a stand for this Truth! Happy 4th of July weekend to All, accepting the "glorious liberty of the children of God" and celebrating our freedom! Whaoo!!!
Grace from Texas
- 7/1/2011Thanks, Lorenzo, just like the Prodigal Son, each day we do need to recognize all the good that God has for all of us. Soul's work is to bless and ours is to reflect /receive the spiritual gifts that fill God's Kingdom with goodness, joy, mercy, beauty, dignity, prosperity, and so on. God is wonderfully Good, intelligent and loving, Life-giving and Mind-inspiring.. And thank you, all!
Elizabeth B
- 7/1/2011Thank you very much for your truly wonderful lift.
Anne from South France
- 7/1/2011Bonjour
Thank you so much for this daily lift which reminded me what Violet Ruden, my CS teacher said at her 1979 association day:
"There is a little joke that the one thing about self-pity is that it is so sincere!
We don't want to be a member of the P.D.L.M. Club (Poor DearLittle Me club)"
I love that and your lift is a great reminder!
Janice from Norton, MA
- 7/1/2011Love your message today! As you mention that sickness need not last "for a moment" reminds me of a practitioner telling me years ago that healing can come as quickly as light comes when we flick the switch ... as quickly as our thinking changes, just as quickly comes our healing! Thanks so much for your message today!
Annie Higgins, West Wareham,Mass,USA
- 7/1/2011Thank you, Lorenzo, grateful to hear your testimony of God's instantaneous goodness in healing the belief of a cold! I'm reminded to focus on and trust God's constant care! We look forward to hearing you lecture in New England soon! Thank you #10-Joel, and all the wonderful comments from the Lifters and Daily Lift Team!
Bill in Sand Key
- 7/1/2011Lorenzo I love the simplicity, the clarity & the totality of this lift. I expect there will be many times today that its reassuring message will be put to good use.
Roselina AGOSSOU
- 7/1/2011Thanks so much Lorenzo, for the very inspiring lift.
Joan P from New Jersey
- 7/1/2011WOW Love it. Truth in action. As a new student of CS it brought a smile to my face. Thank you Lorenzo and thank you Nate, our Bol, the Lectures and Lifters, and Joel #10. - joan
Lisa
- 7/1/2011Thank you for your strong, clear directive.
Alice
- 7/1/2011Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so very much.
Maisey in Ontario
- 7/1/2011Thank you.
Lyn
- 7/1/2011When you weed out the lies, all you have is Truth because Truth is all there really ever was to begin with. God is all. I just love it! Thank you so much Lorenzo for a beautiful beginning for another wonderful day!
Circles-of-light; Scotland
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo, exactly what I needed to hear today!
Jan in PA
- 7/1/2011Thank you, Lorenzo, for sharing your healing....simple but profound. These lifts and comments are so helpful.
Note to J.S. in KY: Thank you much for holding to truth about my husband the other day. The pathology report shows him to be cancer-free! God is so GOOD!!
Myangelite
- 7/1/2011I had a similar experience, instant healing, this past spring. It was really quite amazing. One minute, I was hardly able to move around and the next minute, I was dusting my furniture. It was as if I never experienced a problem. It should not be surprising to see such a quick reversal, since we know the reality of our being is only expressed in health. Thanks for sharing your healing, Lorenzo. It made me remember mine and smile. Have a wonderful day, "lifters!"
Joy in Alberta Canada
- 7/1/2011Thanks to Lorenzo! This is a wake-up!
Every time I listen to a Daily Lift I am so grateful to all the inspired Lecturers who give these healing messages from all over the world; and for
the Mother Church Board of Lectureship, Nate, the production team, the musicians, and all this Family of listeners who share your insights --
Thank you all!
Carol
- 7/1/2011Thank you, Lorenzo. Two words stood out to me in your lift -- "feeling" and "awareness". Knowing that God is always with us, in sickness and in health, dispels any fear that there is a resolution, a healthy one. And we know the "feeling" when the healing is manifest -- if not instantaneous, that there was any doubt that it would come, and the blessing is the "awareness" that God was always there and that His power is absolute and spontaneous as soon as we accept its all-presence and all-action.
Norma Jean
- 7/1/2011That is the kind of demonstration/proof we need and cherish of God's omnipresence and omnipotence — the proof that Christian Science is indeed the law of God in operation. Thank you, Lorenzo, for LIVING Christian Science and sharing your healing experience with us.
Jan True, Laguna Hills, CA
- 7/1/2011Thank you, Lorenzo, for your great lift!
Yes, we can claim our freedom now! No waiting required.
Sylvia - Boston
- 7/1/2011What a wonderful lesson Lorenzo amigo. Thank you somuch for sharing. Un abrazo
Jessica Dornevil
- 7/1/2011Thank you,so very much,Lorenzo for that lift.
Brightlight
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo for your strong, clear thought. I was struggling with a challenge this morning until I listened to your lift..."Here now, gone now!
...then this thought came to me, step back and let the train go by! As a result I'm free from any further suffering and I can go forward with joy expressing God's love and total perfection in my day.
Thank you #10 Joel, "...weeding one’s inner garden, one’s daily thoughts, is far from being a one time thing." I'm so grateful to all the "lifters."...each and every comment is precious to me, thank you.
Kaye from Kansas
- 7/1/2011Gratitude and recognition of all the good that is always around us! AND putting up the NO VACANCY sign to thoughts that are not good as we were told about on yesterday's daily lift. Vigilance, "weeding our garden" (#, Joel @10) to thought. Got it! Thank you! .
Lynn in Sacramento, CA
- 7/1/2011Lorenzo, Such a clear, simple statement of truth. Thank you so much
Cathy B in Il.
- 7/1/2011Thank you for the simple uplifting message. I love the Lift community. I want to thank the person who gave me the 2 citations on dealing with being an empty nester. They were very helpful. A friend from AU Bible study emailed me about the response. I want to thank her too. What a great world wide community we have. What a joy to help bear one anther's burdens. Our son arrived safe and sound and HOT. A great big thank you to all.
Alice Suitt
- 7/1/2011Thank you, thank you!
Alice Suitt
Gary - Nanaimo
- 7/1/2011Thank you so much Lorenzo. I have had a couple of similar experiences - sometimes we have to learn the same lesson over again. Now it seems natural to successfully challenge these things in their incipient or early stages with more confidence. Divine Love is infinite and cares for and gives beauty and strength to all.
Like Joel #10, I am happy that the Daily Lift team is on the job today and every working weekday.
It is Canada Day today and we as a country have a lot to be grateful for;
for those men and women in the military who are willing to sacrifice their lives or their own peace of mind in their efforts to bring peace and stability to the world; for our leaders who make the difficult decisions of fundings and policies; for those who pray for the unity of mankind - to "Our Father..."
Ola
- 7/1/2011God is all, and we are part of that allness! That is enough defense against all odds. Thanks for the message Lorenzo.
Anonymous
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo for sharing your instantaneous healing of a cold! I had a similar healing of very strong cold symptoms. I had a realization that it was only an illusion and I admitted that right where the symptoms seemed to be was my peace, joy and harmony as a reflection of God. I didn't feel any better but I trusted and accepted that it was the Truth! I decided to go ahead and get ready for work that day instead of staying home and consenting to illness. Less than 30 minutes later as I was leaving the house I realized that all the symptoms had vanished! I felt great! The whole thing was an illusion! The really special thing is that several years later, I realized that I have never experienced another cold-and still haven't! Christian Science is pretty awesome!
marilyn from Idaho
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo for your lovely Lift, it fills me with gratitude and love.
Vicky.
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo for the wonderful reminder that God is All. A practitioner told once told me that 'when God sees me, he sees himself', and I thought we cannot be more at one when in this knowing. Thank you Nathan and all lifters. All have a wonderful fourth of July!
Sally from San Diego
- 7/1/2011Thank you, dear Lorenzo! We speak of you often in gratitude for you and your lectures given here in So. Cal.
I have awakened to a great realization that only God makes decisions! We can go along with them or slough along on our own for awhile but sooner or later the suffering for our supposed problems will cause us to turn toward the Truth that is God. It is our acceptance of what God wants for us that heals and transforms our days and moments without a delay.
Once when a healing seemed prolonged in coming, I was lead to stop asking God why and simply ask Him what He wanted for me. The answer came when I got quiet. "I want only good!" That stopped me in my tracks because that was what I wanted, too! It still seemed to take awhile for me to accept that, that was the healing!
If God wants only good and He is all powerful, ever present and knows all then that which we have must be all good. I turned myself around to see the spiritual view of what was present and the body answered the Truth about it by becoming stronger, more useful, my servant and not my master. What joy is possible to those who suffer long or short bouts with error. It will yield to the perfect model that God created! Blessings to all.
Maureen from Spearfish
- 7/1/2011Thank you for today's LIft, and for the whole week of inspired LIfts and comments.
If I reckon correctly, we are coming up (in August?) on the 2 year anniversary of these LIfts? And I can't even really remember a time when we did NOT have their precious inspiration, and deep sense of family. My heart and soul overflow with gratitude for all involved, and for the initial listening to Mind which brought forth the idea.
kdy
- 7/1/2011Oh, the oneness we have with God is the great blessing to be felt and enjoyed
of infinite Love that is our being. I thought I might call for a C.S. treatment today and now that need has been met. Thank you for the wake up call. I can
not have anything that God does not have and he does not have pain therefore I do not pain. I have oneness with God and am free and have awareness of all that is real in the atmosphere of Love where I live and move and have my being.
Ruth, in Alberta, Canada
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo. The Christ, Truth, that enabled Jesus to see through material symptoms to "the perfect man", and thus to restore harmony -- is ever-available to heal, in any circumstance.
A few years ago, I was speaking with a practitioner on the phone about another matter, when he began to cough, as though he had a bad cold. He immediately rebuked this suggestion, with words along the lines of: "Get out of here! You're just trying to interrupt our conversation!". We spoke for about another 1/2 hour, and there was no further sign of illness. Having frequently suffered with beliefs of long colds, not always "knowing the Truth" promptly, I have since been more alert to say "no!" when any such symptoms presented themselves, and have had good results in healing the claim of colds since that time - knowing that disease is not a valid part of me, that God did not make it, and that I don't need to let any suggestion, big or small, insinuate itself into consciousness, or "run its course".
I am working prayerfully to extend this line of defense to other areas where habits of thought would claim to admit error, or identify any illness or disorder as integral to who I am. When the fear ("false evidence, appearing real") of any seemingly chronic or habitual condition is exposed, and dismissed by Truth, restoration follows.
In Hymn #7 of the Christian Science Hymnal, Bertha Woods writes:
"... Health, hope and love in all around I see
For those who trustingly abide in Thee."
California Sue
- 7/1/2011Muchas Gracias, Lorenzo!
Buenos Dias, everyone, today and everyday!!
I got truly "lifted" by this Lift!
:<))
Carolyn says:
- 7/1/2011Thank you for this wonderful Lift. And thank you, Joel, for your idea of gardening challenges. I am often in the garden (literally) weeding and cleaning and now I know that in daily challenges I need to clear the weeds and make more room for Gods Love to blossom.
Robin
- 7/1/2011Very Uplifting !! Simple straight forward and helpful truth. Thank you!
gwen
- 7/1/2011This reminder to "STAY IN SPIRIT" as a Sentinel article I read lately said,is a great start to my day. The TRUTH of God's man is needed every momentand we have it in our Daily Bible Lessons and periodicals and THE LIFT.
The world is screaming SO loudly, the SWEET assurance of Christian
Science is indeed THE COMFORTER and we need it, and it is here. SO
GRATEFUL, thank you.
Elizabeth R.
- 7/1/2011I appreciate so much this humble re-Mind-er that self-focus is simply not
the way of God, nor should it be ours! What a wonderful healing this is,
and how inspiring! Thanks, Lorenzo!
RAY VELAZQUEZ
- 7/1/2011DEAR lORENZO,
i CERTANTLY NEEDED A LIFT TODAY AND YOUR COMMENTS WERE SO SIMPLE AND YET SO TRUE THAT I BEGAN TO FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE AND WITHIN MINUTES LITERALY I WAS FULL OF JOY AND THANKFUL TO GOD FOR ALL HE HAS GIVEN ME AND CONTINUES TO GIVE ME. THANK YOU !!!!
RAY
Lynn
- 7/1/2011Beautifully put! !Muchas gracias!
Susan Brown
- 7/1/2011The multi-lingual tongue of Spirit you express so purely and simply thrills my heart. Your words and their harmonious tones sing Soul's song to my soul, and I can't help but singing along. I'll hum along all day! Thank you. I hear the rhythm of incorporeal Life!, and how sweet it is.
Peggy A.
- 7/1/2011Simple and wonderful! Thank you very much.
Bill y Joan de Denver
- 7/1/2011Lorenzo: Thanks so much, just what we needed today, we were also thinking of buying a steak too! Very grateful for the lift, so helpful!
Mary Jo
- 7/1/2011Thank you, for when we feel sorry for ourselves, and we all do at times, we are not putting God first and knowing we are His image and likeness.
If God is All, there is no room for sickness and poof! it can be gone like that.
It is nice to hear these lifts; thank you very much for these daily reminders.
Barbara Ohannes, Carol Stream, IL
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo for your clarity of the oneness and All- ness of God and our relationship as His child having only the substance of Good. Thank you also to #4 for her expounding on the ideas. I wish the wonderful Lift people would also write out the ideas of the lecturer so we can savor it and share it's ideas in text for our use and of course to share.
You all are so wonderful and your spiritual ideas make me ever so joyous for your contribution.
Love to all
Barbara
Teresa Cristina says:
- 7/1/2011Thanks Lorenzo to feel here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the same feeling that you, when you say that is not right suffer for anything because God is everything. I'm really happy to hear this so impotant and sweet message.
Jackie from Oswego, IL
- 7/1/2011Great example! Thanks, Lorenzo.
Sandy from Canada
- 7/1/2011Thank you so much, Lorenzo. I love the simplicity of the Truth. God is All. He is Good. All activity is His. We are one with Him. Profound!
Heather in Suwanee GA USA
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo
What an incredible example…of turning to God
Letting our “human footsteps” pattern the divine
Get up (wake up to Truth that light) and go!!!..act and think rightly
Dropping the mortal picture (sin, sickness, and death) and
seeing the permanent order and harmony (Life, Truth, and Love) going on in our lives….What LIGHT!
And how clear your Lift is
Thank you again :)
Made me think of this line from S&H
S&H 255:1
Eternal Truth is changing the universe. As mortals drop off their mental swaddling-clothes, thought expands into expression. "Let there be light," is the perpetual demand of Truth and Love, changing chaos into order and discord into the music of the spheres.
Happy Weekend and Happy 4th Daily Lift Family
Thank you for ALL the comments
4 Elena Thank you!
5 Margaret. Love that!.. "no time for this"
9.Roy...That made me smile! "This is the day...be glad!"
10 Joel...Daily Gardening...Love that!
26. Myangelite.. great healing! Thank you
27 Joy.. I am also..SO grateful, you put it so beautifully
33 Thank you for sharing that...We have had MANY a healing
from working with these lovely Daily Lift ideas.. How dear!
Uncle John Laguna Hills Ca.
- 7/1/2011Thank you for the lift. A friend once accused me of trying to have a
pity party. Only one problem, nobody showed up except me. So I stopped having them.
Love the lifts and the all the liftees for their sharing.
Only proves once again, Love is reflected in love.
Diane Ward of St. Petersburg, Florida......
- 7/1/20119's Hymnal quote is from Hymn #342....one I say to myself just before I go to bed every night.....Laura Lee Randall's 3 verses are exceptional!
Rosalinda
- 7/1/2011Dear Lorenzo,
Thank you for this Lift! I have had similar experiences and am most
grateful to hear of yours. Your explanation of the work you did is very
helpful to us all. Thank you again.
Dace in Alberta
- 7/1/2011Thank you Lorenzo. Your healing brought to mind the time when I turned my ankle when stepping off the sidewalk on the way home from our first evening out after our son was born. My husband helped me to cross the street and was going to drive us home but then the thought came: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS." I said that I would drive as usual. We had a lovely conversation on the way home and I just forgot about the ankle until I was at the top of the stairs at home. Hymn 58 from the CS Hymnal would best describe the joy we felt then and today:
When I woke this morning not feeling well,listening to today's Lift gave just the thought that was needed and I am able to fully enjoy this beautiful sunny day and celebrate our country's 144th birthday- Canada Day!
Susan - Washington state
- 7/1/2011This is wonderful. I have had those instances, too, of dropping self-pity by getting out, waking up to clearer thinking, and interacting in God's world. Thank you for this great lift!
margaret
- 7/1/2011Muchas gracias Lorenzo......y todos por these lovely lifts of gratitude.
And 27, Jan, me too! every time I listen I am filled with gratitude and blessings to God for all these lovely avenues we have to learn more about who we really are as God's reflections. Thank you DL team. This is a perfect way to head in to the weekend. Hugs to everyone.
Bill from Va
- 7/1/2011Lorenzo, thanks for the inspiring message.
Michael from Hermon,ME
- 7/1/2011Thanks Lorenzo! Instantaneous healing--that is what we have available to us at any moment. And not feeling sorry for ourselves,--I found that particularly helpful today!
Best regards.
Dorothy L.,Fla.
- 7/1/2011Thank you for your healing thoughts and experience.Your love and understanding has been very helpful to me....and I'm sure many others
J.S. in Ky.
- 7/1/2011Thank you, Lorenzo. Your opening statement covers the whole ground! The right concept of God and who we really are, removes anything that wouldn't, couldn't come from the all-knowing, all good Creator of all. This fits with Josh Niles' Lift on 6-28. All wrongs, or absence from ever-present perfection and protection of our Father stems from Gen.2&3 version of “God”. In Gen.1, there's 7 evaluations of creation. Six say God saw what He created (by His word - see John 1) was good. The 7th sums up with Him seeing everything He made was VERY good. In Gen.2, there's only 1 evaluation. God says “It is not good”, speaking of what he created, man. Isa. 45:11 says, “Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.” God didn't even know what his hands were working in G.2. After he made creatures (already before man in G.1) in a continually failing attempt to make man a helpmeet, He finds out they aren't satisfactory for His purpose. He was experimenting, with no knowledge of what would be the outcome. Disassociating from this “creator” and knowing the real G.1 God, will make wrongs go away, for they never had a real origin. They don't belong to God, or creation. G-2 God didn't know what man needed until after he was made. Jesus said our Father knows our need before we ask.
All above, Thanks! #26, Jan, I share your thanks with other lifters who also saw him in God's perfection & protection. Remember, there is no backward step in God.
Anne
- 7/1/2011THANKS! GOOD REMINDERS OF HOW TO FEEL BETTER.
Sharon, Decatur, Illinois
- 7/1/2011Thank you for this account of the healing of the cold symptoms. It reminds me of my mother who was experiencing those symptoms and felt the need to lie down. She recounted what she thought as she regretfully went to bed (because she had numerous responsibilities and deadlines). Her thought was: "I can lay my body down, but I don't have to lay my thoughts down." In a few minutes, the symptoms disappeared, she was able to arise and continue with her duties, rejoicing in the healing she experienced.
I so appreciate your reminder that any symptoms of illness may seem to be "here now", but they were not supplied by God, and thus are truly "gone now." How profoundly simple.
Marilyn from Maine
- 7/1/2011Thanks Lorenzo. Very inspiring and helpful. In western Maine we remember your good and healing lectures!
Anonymous
- 7/1/2011So grateful to know that each of us thas been given the "sovereign power" to "defend ourselves daily against aggressive mental suggestion" - which is all that a cold or any sickness really is! We can rejoice in the knowledge of our wholeness in God!
AnnonymousN
- 7/2/2011Oh, my goodness!!! What a feast, full of spiritual food!! I want to thank each and every one of you for this meal full of Truth. I am going to reread this for some time, because I seem to be dealing with serious claim, and all of you, including our lecturer, Lorenzo, have given me so much to work with.
Thank you DL team.
Anne
- 7/2/2011What a perfect Lift to finish my day -- as I retire with these inspirational Truths....Thank you.
Beca Lewis
- 7/2/2011Thank you so much for this reminder to never accept anything other than the wholeness of Good.
Z. Scotland
- 7/2/2011Thank you Lorenzo and (64) I was having one of these parties and you made me laugh and come out of it Thanks to all ZS
Sherry in Florida
- 7/2/2011So grateful for the lift today. Many thanks for your clear thinking and positive stand for God.
Barbara, Laveen, Arizona
- 7/2/2011I am reading this a day late, but wish to thank you, Lorenzo, for this treatment of mortal mind's insistence that we must wallow in self-pity and be so mesmerized we don't express normality for ourselves.
I always enjoy my fellow lifters follow-up comments. They bring the points home through practical examples. This is truly church in action - ALIVE!
An example I love to tell about is when I received help from my Christian Science teacher on a stubborn cold. After her strong declaration of my present perfection as God's idea, I stubbornly said that I really was sick. She ended the conversation quickly. When I hung up, I was well! So much for that state of thinking. :) This week's Lesson Sermon from the Christian Science Quarterly on God covers the practitioner's needed responses clearly.
Yolande
- 7/2/2011Thanks Lorenzo. It seems so easy and it truly is...we just need to recognize that we are being used by mortal mind and tell the truth about the lie. Very inspiring and up"lifting."
shining ray
- 7/2/2011I love this message and each and every comment.
You can be healed with one interjection! Years ago the Second Reader and I were practicing for the Sunday service. I was really ill and headed for the ladies' room. The Second Reader, who had been praying, said, "Pooh!" with great spiritual force. I was healed at that moment. The lesson was clear: The likeness of Soul cannot be so-o-o unlike good.
Thank you, Lorenzo, for providing this freedom feast.
Faye
- 7/3/2011Thanks!
Carlos A. González, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- 7/3/2011Ah, how good is to listen to you, Lorenzo. Thanks for such a clear message that we need nowadays. I am learning to be more alert every day because it seems that everything around us suggests that 'now' there is danger, diseases, disasters, food shortages, unemployment and a whole range of junk that looks so real and yet they are just a big zero, nothing. As you point it out, we cannot suffer these things because God does not suffer them. Yes, to recognise the totality of God, good 'now', every moment, every hour, allows us to have instantaneous healing, but if it takes a bit longer, we do not despair, divine Love solves everything and we benefit as His reflection.
Rachel Koller, TX
- 7/4/2011Many Thanks, for this spiritual site, that LIFTS, MY attention, and offers
a friendly hand to bring me to the right track of thought, in this earthly
journey.
Many blessings to ALL, that share the LIGHT.
In brotherly love,
Rachel
Lark
- 7/5/2011Thank you, Lorenzo, for these encouraging words of truth.
Joy Vero Fl
- 7/6/2011Thanks Lorenzo, just the lift I needed today!!! So well put, thanks for sharing your experience.
Pat from McCaysville GA
- 7/8/2011That was so clear, so simple but so important. Reminds me of "shake the dust off of your feet" and get moving!
Thanks so much. It is ALWAYS good to have a wake up call such as you provided.