I just love this!

Today we look forward! Thank you!

What a lovely journey thank you

That is really good Lorenzo. New learning experiences every day. Thank you.

Hi Lorenzo,

Thank you for this reminder to keep looking forward and thank you Nate. I think this is the first time I have heard you say your name so again thanks.

Lorenzo your Lift reminded me of watching a bird in flight and of my photography. Watching a bird take off and/or in flight tells you a lot about where the bird plans to go, not necessarily where it came from.

One of my dogs loves to play around with the birds when they are feeding and as she runs near them they take off only to quickly come back when she sits down. The ones that take off to fly away take off at a different angle and tuck their feet in. Those that are planning to land on a branch or even the roof top tend to ascend at a higher angle and keep their feet out, prepared for a landing.

This often reminds me to keep planning ahead. Like you said, my journey needs to be filled with forward purpose and while I can learn from past lessons and the joys of accomplishments, they are like looking through past photos of places I have been; they are the past.

To me, Matthew 7:7 speaks to the importance of setting goals and turning to God for guidance. I cannot help be believe what ties us all together, isn't where we have been, or what good or bad has happened in our lives or what job we have or how "old" or "young" we are, but what progress have we made in getting wisdom and understanding.

Like the bird, let us shape our thought and action for that which lies ahead - learning & growth.

Wow, Lorenzo! I love this. Thanks.

Thank you so much for this perfect lift - what a wonderful idea about looking forward: "The whole thing is dynamic - ...continuous, infinite revelation". Thank you!

Just to add this..last week's Bible Lesson, that was read in Churches yesterday, included the story of blind Bartimaeus who "casting away his garment, rose and came to Jesus". I cannot help but feel the casting away of the garment was symbolic of casting away the past, fear and anything that tried to keep him back, including the people that wanted him to keep quiet.

Sometimes what we have to battle most is the thought (and not actual circumstances) that would try to keep us back. It is this thought that we have to cast away to see what lies ahead, those green pastures that are already there, but we have not yet seen (Hymn 148).

Thanks all for your patience.

A wonderful thought that can only help us as we continue on our Spiritual journey. I find that when past unhappy memories and future dreads would overwhelm me at times , I try to understand and hold on to the meaning behind the words of Jesus when he tells us that " THE TIME IS NOW" then I try to realise that in Divine mind that must indeed be TRUE , and therefore because God has no past Mortal history and as a Spiritual idea nor do I, and the future..? We continue to lean on God, and trust TRUTH to strengthen us daily as we continue on this amazing journey.

We dwell in the circle of life, it never began, it will never end, God is Life. We are new every instant. Is. 40:31
We can leave the past behind; old joys or regrets are useless to remember unless it makes us see the lessons learned (ours or others).
“…forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 3:13, 14
"He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8
ESPAÑOL
Habitamos en el círculo de la vida, nunca comenzó, jamás termina, Dios es Vida. Nos renovamos a cada instante. Isaías 40:31
Podemos dejar el pasado atrás; las antiguas alegrías y arrepentimientos no tienen valor al recordarse a menos que nos hagan ver las lecciones aprendidas (nuestras o de otros).
“…olvidando lo que queda atrás y extendiéndome a lo que está delante, prosigo hacia la meta para obtener el premio del supremo llamamiento de Dios en Cristo Jesús” Fil. 3:13, 14
“ Oh hombre, él te ha declarado lo bueno, y qué pida de ti Jehová: solamente hacer justicia, y amar misericordia, y humillarte ante tu Dios.” Miqueas 6:8

This is such a valuable Lift, Lorenzo. There's a good deal of self-satisfaction in looking back and - yes! - in reliving the story behind our demonstrations. Always giving glory to God of course, and boundless thanks. But I can see that each time we need to let go and reach out in order to move ahead, to experience the next step as a whole new opportunity for further growth. You can't ride your bicycle tour on the same bit of road. One has to keep going around the bends in the road, and cresting the hills to expand our horizon!
Thank you Nate and the team; the BoL and lecturers; and our very aware Lift family.

Thank you for this reminder to look forward and not backwards. It has come at just the right moment for me. Yesterday one of my dear children told me that he was facing a second divorce. So the thought of looking forward and not dwelling on thoughts of regret or blame is most helpful. Certainly" forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before" is good advice from Paul in Philippians, as you mentioned. Someone once put it "having no rear-view mirror thinking" I am knowing that there can be no separation from God, good for any of the parties concerned in this situation,neither the parents nor the children. As the Prodigal son's father said to his older brother "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine" Luke 15:31

Thank you

Inspirational.....I love it. Thank you so much for the awakening.

Hallo Lorenzo,
thanks for your 4 journey lifts. I love them all, just listened to all of them.
You are only vital, if you are on the journey all the time, curious about the presence and possibilities to grow and not looking back to the "good old times" or the bad.

Excellent! Thank you.

Absolutely wonderful; so to the accompanying music.

Thank you so much for these uplifting Truths - look forward and not behind us - just what I needed for today. Am grateful for all the awakening Truths in Christian Science.

Many thanks Lorenzo for this great reminder. Yes. "Today, we look forward to an increased awareness of our reality as [perfect] children of God [divine Love]." "If we live a life of prayer,/ God is present everywhere." (Christian Science Hymnal #341).

Thank you!!

Oh, how I needed to hear this! Thank you for the reminder to look forward!

Elisabeth Groß, Munuch, Germany

Dear Lorenzo,
thank you very much for the important massage for me: ".... and never look back" and also thanks for the very nice music.

Elisabeth Groß, CS

Thank you all

A timely reminder, and very well put, thank you, just perfect for today.

Thank you this is just what I needed, many thanks to all the Lifters.

Thank you Lorenzo! I Loved your message. Going way back to my teenage years and beyond; the message I most took on board was "Being Here Now" so how wonderful it is to see that same fundamental message that really counts; "Don't go back..Sally Forth.! Special thanks to Troy and Elena who I hungrily seek out.. (kinda got a way with words) Have you written a book together yet? Nate; I've heard your lovely voice so often now, you feel like my brother, and I agree with Troy, it was lovely to hear your full name. God Bless the birds in our lives!

Troy #5 - your comment and this Lift reminded me of a bit in last week's/yesterday's Lesson [S&H 261] 'Fixing your gaze on the realities supernal, you will rise to the spiritual consciousness of being, even as the bird which has burst from the egg and preens its wings for a skyward flight.' Thanks!

Thank you.

Loved this!!!! Thank you so much.

I'm so very grateful for these "Lifts" each morning. My prayer is that our nation and the whole world is lifted "forward"...........that we stop looking back and rehearsing past mistakes and miss steps and blaming others. Growth in Good is our natural state and it is where we will live and thrive! Thanks for such a very clear Lift and for the "forward push" this beautiful fall morning!

Last week's lesson mentioned keeping the testimonies. I think this means to be faithful and to trust that God is (still) good and (still) has all the power there is. I keep a special notebook of healings and other demonstrations of the power of prayer. In times of doubt and fear, I can look back on those very real (and amazing) examples of the supremacy of Spirit over the appearances of matter or of any problem. For me, they are waymarks that I must respect as authentic and replicable as I go forward on the Journey. This beautiful religion is Science. Thanks for the encouragement to press on, Lorenzo. Muchas gracias.

This was just what I needed to hear this morning - thanks so much!

And this is immortality -- looking "forward to an increased awareness as children of God, and never looking back." Life and its goodness are continuous. "Thus the dawn of ideas goes on, forming each successive stage of progress." (Science and Health, pg. 506)

Thank you, Lorenzo, for sharing this step along the journey of our immortal life.

Thank you Lorenzo, just what I needed today....John

Thank you, Lorenzo, for “The journey: part 4 … always look ahead … learning from past experiences but never letting them linger … go forward … ‘…press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus … continuous infinite revelation … see ourselves more and more as the children of God ... never look back.” Reminds me of the lesson of Lot’s wife, who looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. I used to wonder, why a pillar of salt? Then at some point, I read, “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” (Mark 5:13) As we choose our “realities” as either Spiritual-based or matter-based, the first helps us to stay in the infinite possibilities of “Life-lessons-learning-mode;” the latter limits our progress and the adjustments our progress requires. As Mrs. Eddy put it, “We may well be astonished at sin, sickness, and death. We may well be perplexed at human fear; and still more astounded at hatred, which lifts its hydra head, showing its horns in the many inventions of evil. But why should we stand aghast at nothingness?” Thanks again, Lorenzo, for this Lift, which encourages a focus on God’s laws of progress and adjustment on our amazing journey.

Thank you for this wonderful lift!

In an online article, available at JSH-Online, George Wendell Adams has written ; "Do we often wonder why we are unable to accomplish the mighty works which we have long hoped to accomplish, why we have been unable to bring about an harmonious condition where discord has seemed to be? Let us ask ourselves how much we have dreamed, and how much we have worked. Our Leader has told us that "the song of Christian Science is, 'Work--work--work--watch and pray' (Message to the Mother Church for 1900, p.2.) Mrs. Eddy has nowhere indicated that we can accomplish anything without work. This should not discourage the expectancy of true inspiration; neither should it make one feel that the task before him, on his road towards Spirit, should not be accompanied all the way with joyful expectancy; but it should mean for him that merely dreaming about tasks will not accomplish them. Hope and faith are unquestionably necessary stepping-stones; but we must go farther than hope and faith; we must be willing to work; and keep on working, towards the accomplishment of any task which is necessary and right." (Work Instead of Dream, From the June,1928 issue of the Christian Science Journal. Thank you for the Journey continued.

What a wonderful thought to begin each day! Thank you so much.

I am going to claim my dominion today to travel on this wonderful journey. Upward and onward!

Thank you so much.

Much gratitude for these wonderful thoughts. So we can go forward refreshed and vibrant in expectancy, even if kept awake all the night before.

Thank you, Lorenzo, for this inspiring Lift. And to each contributor who expands on this blessed message. I think of the perennials in my garden, digging them up to divide and give them the needed space for new growth. They thrive. We, too, can have new, Spiritual growth each moment of the day, looking forward to beautiful blossoming of Divine ideas, bringing "the joy of the Lord" to all we meet.
"The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8: 10
Mary Lou

This morning I was entertaining thoughts of regret and self-condemnation. Your ideas have literally lifted me out of a very dark place. I am grateful to you, to Christian Science and to God — and for these podcasts. I can learn from past mistakes, but rejoice that God's right idea is here, unfolding.

Great way to greet the new day! Thank you so very much! Reminds me that the "material record needs to be expunged". :)

Lorenzo,
Thanks for your wonderful "Lift". A few month ago, I spoke at an Inter-faith dialoge group, and shared a little on my "spiritual journey". In that talk, I asked the question..."How does one explain an ongoing process?" As a student of Christian Science, my journey is one that is ongoing..."rising higher and higher, from a boundless basis." I rejoice in this fact, knowing each day is a blessing. Full of His ever-present, continuing unfolding demonstration in my daily activities.
Thanks again!

thank you lorenzo

Thank you for exposing these two types of mental baggage. Without that type of baggage we can much easier focus on our goal, to show forth our true being.

And even if we can't see the whole way, we can be sure that we'll be guided. Like when climbing a mountain, we can see the next mark, if not the whole path. The Bible Lessons are such marks on our path.

Lorenzo, your lift today reminds me of stanza 2 of hymn 273, "Still forget the things behind, follow God the only Mind, to the mark unwearied press, seize the crown of righteousness.." Christian Science hymnal. thank you so much and thanks everyone for sharing.

Lorenzo, Thank you for the reminder to always be moving forward. I am a reflection of Divine Mind.

Thank you, Lorenzo. It reminds me, too, not to spend time worrying about what may or may not happen. For God is All, and it is done. And "Behold, it was very good." Gen 1:31

Thank you! A great lift, a reminder to press forward, upward and within for that still, small voice!

Very clear metaphysics! Thank you, Lorenzo!

Thank you so much Lorenzo for this wonderful Lift. I am leaving behind past disappointments and problems and going forth with Joy! The journey will be sweet and harmonious.

Just perfect, Lorenzo,
Thank you so much!

How true it is Lorenzo that looking back can ensnare us in falsehoods. You're right -- life is dynamic. There is only "now" and we can have an expectancy of good. The "now" that God is creating is only and always good. Time is matter-based. Looking back can stick you in a material view. As Nela said, we choose our realities as either Spiritual-based or matter-based. Looking back, regretting the present because the past was better or getting stuck in our victories instead of creating them now, or regretting past errors instead of just spotting the lies and laying the illusions aside are all mortal mind traps. Life is in us today. God's love is here now. The spiritual is constantly unfolding.

This Daily Lift is helping to free me from a recent experience that I have felt "stuck" in. All illusion. Let it go, cast away the lie.

These lifts are so precious, so full of truth and love. What a gift!! Many thanks to you Lorenzo and to everyone posting such insightful comments!

Lorenzo. I love your point re not stopping with past successes because it can lead to the wrong concept of ego, "Look at what I have done." Thanks many times over.

Thank you.

Thank you so much Lorenzo, just the inspiration I need as I seemed to wake in a a cloud of anger and self pity. Your words exposed the negative, fruitless thoughts and let in the light. Thanks too for all the comments, Nela, you really hit the mark!

You gave us a powerful message Lorenzo. So uplifting! Thankyou.

Lorenzo, love this reminder 'of letting go of what lies behind & pressing on to the good things ahead.' Also said another way in a short poem found in the CS Sentinel -12/21/84 called Remove the Liability by Joel Magnes:

We should not ignore
The good that has gone before
But we must do more.

We must land on Life's shore,
Kiss the new ground. . .
And burn the boat.


Thank you and the commentators for wonderful inspiration I have to enjoy & share this day!

Thank you Lorenzo for enlightening me with your important view. Also, I am so grateful to know the
name of our introducer, Nate Fredericks. Nate, your hey, HEYs are equally cherished each morning
and reveal such a rejoicing spirit. Blessings galore!

Yeah! Loved the idea that "it never stops" and that we never need to look back! Thank you.

Thank you for the lift and all the comments, especially 49. (not to spend time worrying about what may or may not happen) I've sometimes worried that good things might not continue to happen in my life, which is a type of fear of the future. The discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, writes, "Truth cannot be stereotyped; it unfoldeth forever." A definition of "stereotype" at the online free Dictionary by Farlex is "one that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type".
Perhaps the "set image" in this case is a material model of what has happened in the past instead of the seeing ourselves as the ever new, fresh, pure, unfolding expression of God.

Thank you for this helpful message.

Thank you so much. I knew that I didn't want to look back on defeats but I never thought that remembering our victories (resting on our laurels) was an equal hindrance to our progress. I love pondering this! I'm looking forward right now!

Lorenzo thank you,

Enjoy the journey not the destination!


Reminded me of the story of inappropriately "looking back", and turning into a pillar of salt.

Thank you for resetting my"site" and "sight" today.Now is the only accepted time.

Helpful reminder, Lorenzo, especially" not resting on one's laurels" Thank you

Irma in Houston, Texas. Thank you , my friend.

Lorenzo, great thought for the day.

After I heard Journey #4 - I went back and listened to Journey 1 -3. I am in the middle of a divorce right now and your words have made me see that I am still looking back. Well - no more. Thank you for helping me reset my "sight" for the correct journey. I will now set my "sight" and see myself as an ever new, fresh, pure, unfolding expression of God. No more motal image for me - as that is self destructive and I will not progress forward if I do that. Thank you again for this terrific daily lift.

What a forward step we are taking today, planning with the "team" to bring our son home again from foster care. With every bag unpacked, leaving the past in the past, we are all looking for the forward step toward seeing him as God sees him, His perfect child. We press on to freely see him as he really is. Thank you Lorenzo.

Thank you for this reminder to think forward, not to backward or limiting thoughts.

Thank you Lorenzo... what a lovely Lift to all, and to be happy looking forward to all the good that is for His/Her dear children.

Blessed! Thank you.

Thank you for this Lift. It is so true. "For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things" (Romans 11:36). That summarizes our past, our present and our future! or rather our infinitely unfolding present as His beloved ideas.

So helpful Lorenzo and each Lifter. I had a negative experience with a small group years past. Mortal thinking would like me to relive it at intervals. I have realized that it's not what comes to me, but what I do with these suggestions to relive what never actually took place in truth. This inspired Lift helps me add another layer of protection to my thought. Stand porter and rejoice!

Enjoy living in the now...eternally,

AMAZING message, muchas gracias Lorenzo. Un abrazote Sylvia

Thank you Lorenzo...I look forward to the NEW
and hopefully learned from the past.

Lorenzo, Thanks not only for the reminder to press forward in the dynamic adventure Christ is calling us to and to never "look back", but also for the vitality of Spirit in your delivery of this timeless Christ-message. Thank you both for the thought-blessing and for your feeling example.

Boy, did I ever need this today! What a specific awakening jolt. I will enjoy remembering you saying "and NEVER look back." Multitudes of gratitude!!!

Thank you for your inspiring lift.

This is a great Journey Lift! Thank you, Lorenzo., I like to re-listen to your Journey series for each new one, but after a great 2 (plus) weeks of sound, mine quit again 6 days ago. To pack for my journey, I reviewed comments to get the thoughts of it, so I'd be spiritually dressed for travel. This Lift is what I need to follow. If sudden flashes of unpleasant experiences could sound as they crumbled while I listened to this Lift, my comment would have flashes and crumbling audio between the words! My protests on some-"No, not that!" then angels-"Yes, that!" would dance across the paragraph, too. Sighs of relief at many things I could willing let go, would sound like spring breezes. I wouldn't have to type, my comment could be heard. I like how you explained why going over past situations impedes our progress. It isn't just about "let it go", which often isn't easy, but why to let it go, which gives reasonable comfort and hope/expectation. The prize may be great, but the pressing for the mark is my daily goal, thanks to this lift. #8 Troy, you made me realize the garment is what we've wrapped ourselves in. The Old Hymn, "Just As I Am Without One Plea", by Charlotte Elliott, covers much to fit this Lift, worth googling, too many spaces for here.
http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh357.sht . You can choose the music instrument to hear, I think!

Thank you Lorenzo. Thank you. So much has already been said.

Thanks. Inspiring and helpful. This reminded me of hymn 376 from the Christian Science Hymnal. This is part of the third/last verse:

Toward Thee, while pressing onward,
The way will brighter grow,
For Thou throughout the journey
Thy loving care wilt show.

Thank you for reminding me not to look at past triumphs ... I have had a lot. Must not look, though!

Thankyou --- I've done well, but must not focus there.

Thank you Lorenzo.

Thank you so much for this uplifting Lift, Lorenzo! and all the comments.

Thanks, Lorenzo, :-)!

We C/Scientists are like professional climbers, (one who climbs taller and taller, mountains.) we learn a Spiritual idea of ourselves at each progressive thought. Like Jacob when he climbed (Journeyed) up the ladder, each step up the spiritual ladder, he learned a little more of himself as being the complete reflection of God. It never ends, this climbing of the spiritual ladder, this journey of spiritual understanding. It goes on forever.

Such an awesome message... thank you!

This message was healing to me. I had a Memorial Service for my brother this past week. Now I realize we are both progressing, moving forward into those green pastures. We both are climbing, learning and most of all loving. Thank you for showing me life never ends. Thank you Lorenzo

THANK YOU LORENZO, JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO NEVER LOOK BACK.LOOK AHEAD!WHEW, A GREAT DAY BLESSING.

Thank you for this powerful, clear message! It has helped me through the day today and I just re-listened to parts 1, 2 and 3 of The Journey. Each is inspiring and full of conviction! Thanks again!

Worthy advice Lorenzo ... much appreciated for its powerful affirmation of our unending destiny of good always unfolding before us. Many Thanks.

Thanks for this amazing reminder! I didn't get to listen to it on the day of, but it was just right for me TODAY! :) Love these about the "journey"--thanks again!

How very reassuring! Gracias! :)

Patiently awaiting Journey #5!!! So very encouraging!!! Thanks again!

This series of lifts is very helpful; I return to them often. Thank you.