Thanks for this clear and necessary thought about a constant expectancy of good.

We can expect only good by accepting the true report of our real being by a daily update and adjustment of our expectations and dreams with the divine reality -

..in hymn 134 we find:

"Embosomed deep in Thy dear love,
held in Thy law, I stand:
Thy hand in all things I behold,
and all things in Thy hand.
Thou leadest me by unsought ways,
Thou turn`st my mourning into praise.

"..To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." S&H vii:1

Thank you, Suzanne. It is so inspiring to know that God plans ony good for us.

What a great message for Thanksgiving, with all the friends, family and festivities we have planned! I am so grateful for this angel message we can all bring 'to the table' of Spirit - expecting only good in our lives, and being grateful for it! Thanks again Suzanne.

Thank you Father and thank you Suzanne Riedel. A friend told me, the way to make God laugh, just tell him your plans.
Now its up to me to demonstrate my future. Thanks for reminding me that I have one.


UJ

I'm grateful for this Lift. It was just what I needed to hear. The upcoming holiday was making me do exactly what you described--worry about the future. Thanks for reminding us to not get caught in that trap & to shift our focus to God's promised good for us.

What a strong statement. It is like a splash of cold water on my face waking me out of the temptation of downward spiral thinking. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Suzanne. You're so right. It's so true. I've learned in my own day-to-day experiences that my level of expectation definitely shapes what I experience. It makes all the difference. And yes! Going forward with gratitude, being focused on my blessings has me open to receiving my blessings and so, living a truly blessed life. I've thought about times when I haven't expected and subsequently not been open to receiving all good unfolding for me. It's absurd not to be willing to be blessed; but, at times, I've been distracted and my thought pre-occupied with worry or other forms of fear. With that realization, I knew I needed and expected :-) to change. Now, when I feel such distraction coming on, I meet it with the Truth that frees me to live increasingly in grateful expectation. In the words of Mrs. Eddy, "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need." Fortified with that expectation, I'm ready to receive my ever-present blessings. God doesn't mock us. God guides and protects us. When we expect it, we can prove it.

It's so great to be able to share the Thanksgiving Service with Christian Scientists all over the world. And as you say, Suzanne, how much we have to be thankful for: resolving relationships, healing physical, financial and mental issues. To maintain a constant understanding of our oneness with God and His infinite goodness as our daily attitude opens the way for the expectancy of daily good and the awareness of God's glory in our life. I'm just so grateful for Your Daily Lift, the lecturers who contribute so whole heartedly, and the Comments from our widespread Lift family. More spiritual sustenance, everyone?

Thank you, Suzanne!!!

Very good, John: "To make God laugh, just tell Him your plans". My plans work better when I don’t’ make any.
Expecting good and gratitude: the two things coexist.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” http://bible.cc/jeremiah/29-11.htm.
Not long ago a shadow got stacked to me, whatever I do he does . . . so I decided to expect only good, be patient and see if my shadow does the same . . . we’ll do big things together, we’ll begin leaving it ALL in God’s hand. “it will surely come, it will not tarry” http://bible.cc/habakkuk/2-3.htm
ESPAÑOL:
Muy bueno, John: “Para hacer reir a Dios, dile tus planes”. Mis planes salen mejor cuando no hago ninguno.
Esperar el bien y la gratitud: las dos cosas coexisten.
“Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo acerca de vosotros, dijo el SEÑOR, pensamientos de paz, y no de mal, para daros el fin que esperáis” http://bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/29-11.htm.
No hace mucho se me pegó una sombra, todo lo que hago él hace . . . así que decidí esperar solo el bien, ser paciente y ver si mi sombra hace lo mismo . . . haremos grandes cosas juntos, comenzaremos dejando TODO en manos de Dios. “Sin duda vendrá; espéralo” http://bibliaparalela.com/habakkuk/2-3.htm

Many thanks Suzanne for that inspiring lift. Yes. "Thank God [divine Love] now for His never failing love that is bringing [good] to light [right now]." "May the prayer of faith now heal us,/ May the vision true reveal us/ One with Thee, and Thou our all in all." (Christian Science Hymnal Supplement #437).

Thank you Suzanne,

Thank you for your gentle reinforcement and reminder of Hymn # 224 which begins,

"O Lord I would delight in thee and on thy care depend: to thee in every trouble flee,
my best, my ever friend. When all material streams are dried, Thy fullness is the same:
may I with this be satisfied, and glory in thy name."

A n inspirig ,encoraging and powerful thanksgiving message. Thank you Suzanne.

"Espera en Dios, porque aún he de alabarle, Salvación mía y Dios mio" Salmos, he comprendido que es la mejor opción, con confianza y paciencia, nunca falla por eso mi oración todos los días es... Dame Padre, sabiduría, paciencia, tolerancia, honestidad, integridad. bondad, y sobre todo dame Amor, con esos argumentos la victoria está asegurada.
"El espíritu y sus formaciones son las únicas realidades del ser" M.B.Eddy

Muchas gracias Suzanne, y Daily Lift, thank you so much

I do thank God. And Suzanne for the Lift, too. Expectancy of good, good, and more good. Naturally.

The Message has Ps. 31:24, "Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord", this way: "Be brave. Be strong. Don't give up. Expect God to get here soon."

YES! And why not, since He is not hurrying to get here.

Going through a difficult period,I had some really good advice from my teacher,who said,"look for the good around you".,so I did and I do! It works and there is plenty of it out there.So as you say suzanne,expect it as,"my God is good,and good is my God" Thank you and my teacher for such excellent advice.Love and peace to everyone..

Thank you so much for this LIFT. Every thing does go better when we expect good for all and let God direct our ways. Many thanks to all the Lifters.

Bless you,Suzanne, this really IS a lift today. In the middle of difficulties and trials, we really give thanks for all the good already here, always at work, trusting that Good-God loves us completely.

Thanks for the spiritual nuggets Suzanne. The ones I picked up were:


the cause of our Being is God, who is infinite Good.
Our deepest gratitude will expect good, because it acknowledges God's infinite goodness.


So home, family, church, friends, country, state, city, community, neighborhood, world = expectant Goodness.

Happy Thanksgiving Daily Lifters....God's Love is traveling with all of us.

Suzanne, thank you soooooooo much for the Lift. For me, it is a reminder, that, as God children, we are en-circled with HIS Divine Love...what more NEED we expect...that is OUR birthright, so, ALL our needs are met...even before we know there IS a need of any kind.

Thanks again, Suzanne, and have a Blessed Holiday Season" to all "the Lifters"...!!!

Wondeful ,, Thank you ! :-)

This is such a wonderful lift. Such perfectly clear instruction of how gratitude reveals the ever present goodness, God, in our lives.
Many thanks to Suzanne for some awesome inspiration! What a fabulous way to start the day. :)

Thank you!

What a very uplifting - and, reminding message - for one to be always expecting, realizing God's

ever-present Love. He certainly "expects" us to reflect Him! Much gratitude for this Lift.

Thanksgiving greetings to you & yours.

Such a gift for today -- this message of gratitude and expectancy.Of course they both have to go together. One can not be without the other. I will hold this Lift close all day. Thank you so much, Suzanne.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning. (James 1:17)

Thank you for this Lift gift!

Beautiful Suzanne.

Quite some time ago I was discussing a challenging situation with a friend.

I laid out all the facts & rationale, in superb detail and order, and throughout the explanation, my thought process was coated with a sense loving concern, patient worry & sincere anxiousness of future prospects of this situation's outcome.

After listening to my eloquent discourse, my friend paused & then said - "Do you realize that your concern - the worry & anxiousness - is actually ingratitude to God in advance?"

In an instance, I saw the divine message. I was so taken by her statement that you could have knocked me over with a feather.

Of course! The anxious concern & worry was focusing thought away from God's complete, loving control of the universe. I realized that it is gratitude that holds my hand to God, no matter what human movie is playing before my eyes. So every time I thought of that situation, I expressed and held onto a strong sense of gratitude for our loving, true, faithful "Father-Mother God", as penned my Mary Baker Eddy.

Oh yes, and that situation eventually evaporated away.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over." (Ps 23). "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." (Malachi 3:10)

EXPECT TO RECEIVE!

Thank you Suzanne and all the "Lifters" for this powerful thanksgiving message.

Thank you. I needed to know that God really does care in spite of the continued rejection I seem to experience.

With these inspiring Daily Lifts and comments from friends all over the world, I can only expect good. Today, and every day, I begin with "leaning on the sustaining infinite" and the day will "big with blessings." Blessings to you all.

Bless you, and thank you for this message....and I loved hearing the translation/interpretation from The Message about God's care and promise.

This morning I was feeling anxious about the holiday and all that goes with it. I reminded myself that God has the plans. His plan was this timely Lift for me. He never lets me down. Thank you Suzanne for a wonderful job.

What a way to start the day! Thank you, Suzanne for "lifting up" my thought where it, gratefully, should be! And, I must add, it is so wonderful to read all the comments - we are all working together - for good - how powerful and lovely!

This is a lovely message. I recently had to have a operation (something which went against all I believed in, but I had family to consider)and felt very down about it, although all had gone well ... guilt remained.Knowing that good is all there is a fantastic thought to hold on to. Caz

GREAT!!! Thank you so much for this reminder to not let our plans in any other hands than God's.

Thank you Suzanne for your powerful words!
I just love all and every lift! And I love all your comments. there is so much honesty and love and openness expressed by all !
In our church we celebrate Thanksgiving always on the Sunday when there is the general "Harvest Thanksgiving", that is mostly end of September / beginning of October. It often is the same day as our Reunification (October 3) of the East and the West. Which gives us a special reason and width of gratitude. Sometimes I am again in awe that this "revolution" / change 22 years ago went about without a single drop of blood. But entirely through prayer, candles and singing. This thought shows me again and again how powerful God is - if we only accept His goodness.

To all of you in the US I send special greetings of love and good wishes for a joyous and peaceful Thanksgiving! (we should really strech the celebration to every dear of the year. :-)

thank you suzanne

Thank you, Suzanne! I am so Grateful for YOU! I just read a really neat article in our local newspaper about a man who's life was going down the tubes who heard a still small voice say, "Start being Grateful for what you have!" He wrote notes of Gratitude for Everything every single day and wrote a book, "365 Gratitudes"! His life completely turned around. "In everything give thanks" - it says in the Bible! And it means exactly that! Accepting everything exactly the way it is and going even further and saying "Thank you that things are exactly the way they are" brings amazing results! It means we have surrendered to God's plan and are ready to move forward! You don't have to LIKE it, you just have to DO it! Go ahead, say "Thank you to that rock over there for being in just the right place - for that rain or snow coming down just at this time - for that bird on the branch - for the gray, cloudy skies - for EVERYTHING just the way it is. It is what it is! Thank you God for everything being just the way it is! Hooray! I Love it!

Thank you.

How reassuring.Thank you! I remember once hearing on a Sentinel Radio program about our experience going "from good to good to good". I have always loved that and it has so helped to keep eyes and thoughts on the good plans God has for us.

That's exactly I will do - thank God right now! And thanks to you, Suzanne, for this great and inspiring lift!

Thanks Suzanne: In the midst of being thankful for all that we have already received, it's good to stop and be thankful for our relationship to God right now.

Thank you, Suzanne, for lifting our thoughts to gratitude and expectancy of only good today and everyday!
"We expect a bright tomorrow, All will be well!" Hymn 350

Thank you Suzanne,
This reminds me of an experience I had. After completing a major assignment at work that saved my company millions of dollars, I was expecting an award or even a promotion. Yet another person was credited and nicely rewarded for the results of my work. It rankled me a bit and I expressed my disappointment to my colleagues.

One of them reminded me of the need to see the whole picture. If good was happening to someone else in our organization, it proved conclusively that good was live, active and still be bestowed. I must not look at good selfishly or in a personal or limited concept, but needed to grateful for any and all good being demonstrated. After changing my perception to acknowledge and appreciate good’s ever presence, the appropriate recognition for my work was received.

That changed my concept of gratitude and Thanksgiving as well. Christ is the spiritual meal we all share and it is complete for everyone. So if there is turkey on the table, we can all expect desert afterwards... if we leave room for it.

Thank you, Suzanne, for this timely message in this season of Thanksgiving.

Thank you Suzanne!
And Anni from Berlin, thank you!

Thank you, Suzanne!
And thank you, Father-Mother God, for already giving us all good!!

This was exactly what I needed as I have been praying about this week - this just made it more clear.

Expecrting good and gratitude- such a powerful message for the Thanksgiving season and for every day. Thank you for an inspiring and uplifting message.

Thank you Suzanne. On my introduction to Christian Science many years ago (which is some of what I hope to share with friends and family) a practitioner told me to always expect good and I would experience that good in my life. I am so grateful because so much good has occurred in my life, including a higher understanding of the good God has for all of his children. On page 260 of Science and Health I love this statement "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts." Thank you to the daily lift team for this great forum for teaching and learning.

Oh my gosh............this message was exactly what I needed to hear today (of course)
thank you so much...thank you so much....there are tears in my eyes as I listen, over and over to this message....as I head off to my very busy day today............I will rejoice all the way and EXPECT ONLY GOOD...
the seeming challenges are just that....suggestions of doubt that Good is always and "the only thing " present. Gratitude from my heart for these daily lifts. and Christian Science that always leads me back home if I think I am drifting.......talk about a magnetic pull !!!! wow
Thanksgiving Blessings to one and all....

"Gratitude and love should abide in every heart each day of all the years." (Manual pg.60) I really do celebrate Thanksgiving every day of the year. (In answer to Anni in Berlin #34). I too support the celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States this week, and especially appreciate the Daily Lifts so far this week, and expect more good to come!! In a letter from my cousin in England just received reports her church celebrated "Harvest Festival" in October and she decorated a window. She says that seeing the ripe apples on the trees always reminds her of a visit by my grandfather to England fifty years ago with her parents. "They had apple trees, and he made apple purée every day - lots and lots of it!!"

Thank you for this Lift and the comments. I jotted down the inspiration it gave me onto a small piece of paper to carry with me, as yesterday's Lift suggested! With busy days ahead, flights to book, and discussions of the future with family...in every way this Lift addresses the potential anxieties..Thank you for the reminder that "the course of our being is God."

What a beautiful message!

I have so much to be grateful for...and yet during the holidays a feeling of depression tries to settle over me; a sense of being alone. It always seems that some event or circumstance brings about the depression and I say "Next year, this will be over and I will feel happy." And then the next year comes and I find myself in the same place.

This year I am challenging the thought in the first place. Suzanne, you said "Expecting good...is being grateful for reality or present good." I am holding to this FACT. Good is not buffeted about by circumstances but is constant, never changing, all inclusive. It is the law of my being. Today as I prepare for family I will hold tightly to this truth. Many thanks.

If the devil's favorite tool is discouragement, wouldn't such a character relish a sort of collective discouragement? Perhaps economic woes are just such a malaise...what Mary Baker Eddy refers to as "miasma."

But God gives us fresh ideas, encouragement, hope each day. This is the "daily bread" that we pray for and receive. The choice is ours!! I, for one, am lacing up my boots to hike out of the swamp. Thanks, Suzanne.

Thank you for this lovely healing message about the power of gratitude

Oh, thank you to each of you for the insights and acknowledgement of God's great good. It IS God who has planned our good and is producing it--- in every country in this dear world, and with every child He has made and IS loving. Caz, no regret or "guilt" is caused by, or even known to God, who never stopped being by your side and loving you. It's a new day with the opportunity to learn more of our real self. You can let God's ever-present Love lead you in a fresh new look at your life. And so many of you, thank you for all the good you are grateful for ---- and will reflect today. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you Suzanne! The expectation of good can be no other way. "...know no other reality - to have no other consciousness of life - than good, God and His reflection" (S&H p. 242). Happy Thanksgiving to God, to you, and to all.

Thanks, Suzanne. This lift has rich ideas for every day; and, of course, is so appropriate for Thanksgiving Day, for those of us who celebrate that US holiday. Your good lecture in western Maine is remembered and cherished!

Thank you,dear Suzanne, for the great reminder of our father mothers infinite love and that we all are recipient for the unlimited good. We are what we think,say,believe and do as divine children of this planet which was given to us for taking care off. Blessed Thanksgiving to all with love and peace. Special greetings to nr.35 Anni from Berlin that she shared and remind us about the peaceful revolution 22 years ago in east Germany. I was there on the streets in Berlin to claim freedom. Prayer always work when we also are willing to do our honest work! Love and Peace with Aloha from Monika

Thanks for that little bit of heaven!

Thank you, Suzanne, for such an enlightening message, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Expectant good AND gratitude go together! Thank you for that.

What a happy uplift sends us off into the spiritual heavens of thought so we don't get bogged down with human relationships at this happy time for gratitude. Special thanks for listening and recording this lovely idea, Suzanne! What other country sets aside a whole day for gratitude?

Suzanne, that is exactly what I needed to hear this morning! Thank you!

Thank you Suzanne for this reassurance of God's ongoing goodness and #43 for your arresting statement: "Christ is the spiritual meal we all share and it is complete for everyone." Very beautiful and all inclusive.

Thank you Suzanne; it is so nice to hear you again with your precious message of Truth. Indeed, we want to celebrate in gratitude all of His gifts including those supposedly not yet realized. In the Kingdom of Heaven all we ever need has been provided which comes with our divine inheritance as His beloved children and no mortal can rob us or undermine supremacy of Divine Mind. To you and yours have a blessed Thanksgiving.

What a wonderful and helpful reassurance of continuing good . thanks so much !

Food for thought! That gratitude and the expectation of good go together! Wonderful to ponder, and apply! Thank you!

Thanks for a grandmother who left me her copy of Science and Health. She also would ask me "Are you Happy/" and I'd say," oh yes," and she would say "So why don't you tell your face about it. She also would say that worry is a lack of faith in God. So everyone, SMILE, and have a Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you for this encouraging lift and for the lecture you gave in Alberta a few years back, Suzanne. It reminds me to say thank you to God for all who study, demonstrate, and share Christian Science ( particularly lecturers, practitioners, and teachers, and the Daily Lifters!), and for present good expressed by friends and neighbours who reflect the Spirit of the Christ, even if they may not yet know of this religion.

THANK YOU SO MUCH SUZANNE, IT´S A BEAUTIFUL THANKSGIVING GIFT! THE THOUGHT I ´VE HAD I IS THAT GOD NOT ONLY GIVES NOTHING BUT GOOD, BUT THAT IT IS GIVEN "LAVISHLY"!!

What a great joy to read all these comments. I'm so grateful for those who share and add their blessings, experiences, and additional prayer hints. #35 Anni, I was so moved by your comments, thanks. And #56, Suzanne thanks for your additional comments to Caz . Robin, you too are embraced in the expectation of good and your gratitude will erase that suggestion of rejection. AMEN Suzanne. thank you so much. "Gratitude is riches, complaint is poverty, " says a line nfrom one of our hymns. Thanks Nate and your hard working DL team.

Thank you Suzanne, Just what I needed to hear.

Suzanne,

I 'expect' to be grateful no matter what! Thanks for this great reminder. Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a truly comforting message; what we all want to know and feel...the certainty of God's tender, loving care. Thank you.

Thank you very much!

I love the quote from the Bible/"the message." Where is that? Becky

DAILY LIFT TEAM:
Jeremiah 29:11 from The Message (MSG)

I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

28: Robin G. in Maryland: GOD IS NOT REJECTING YOU!!

We ALL have lots to be grateful for and at this time of year, especially, we are reminded to look at all the good that is around us and thank God for our friends; family; home; car; etc., etc. and ALL the good we see and hear daily!
Thanks to ALL for their comments and to the Daily Lift "team" in Boston for all that you do!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone....every day!

Thanks Suzanne!! So good!! I have a friend who told me to look forward to receive a gift everyday. And I love to look forward to my gift from God everyday. It never fails. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thanks Suzanne
Just what I needed

Good message for this time of year! Thank you!

Gratitude is what I always turn to whenever or wherever there is any murmurings from me or anyone.
The joyous expectancy of good - yes - they go together. Thanks Suzanne. I will express them both
like you shared.

To thank you, Suzanne, means I must expect this Lift to prove itself in my life. I do thank you! You've dug deeply into the meaning of gratitude, stripped away casual use & feelings. A brief thought of "thanks" isn't sincere if all it's intended to do, was to express only momentary appreciation of efforts you & others do for us. Expecting something from Lifts, and working with what it says is true gratitude. So, too, with God. Anything less, is the same as saying, "thanks, but I don't think it's going to help".Thanking God, if I don't expect His blessings, is like needing to get to a city, thanking someone for use of a car, key and even gas, but not turning on the motor and not driving toward my destination. I should not have to see the city I'm heading to, before I start toward it. If I want more from God, I need to put more into gratitude for what I have & expect to receive, and really feel and understand why the way will unfold for me. Instead of wishing for more, I need to examine my feelings of how much I really expect from Him.This isn't a Lift for one day only. This is one that will take working with, using it to measure where my thought is in days to come. So, thank you, Suzanne, for today's Lift and the lifts I'll get from it in the tomorrows after! #12 Ken, Thanks (with expectancy) for reminding me of Hymn 224; #26 JJ, & #35 Annie, Thanks; #37 Bev, Thanks about the man, etc.; To all here,Thanks; #28 Robin, Love & prayers for you.

'Expect the unexpected' is a common expression that identifies us with mundane, limited, material activities.
Opening our hearts to divine Love we can expect only good:

Gratitude
By Carlos. ©
I Expect good,
never unexpected,
I cherish all goodness,
received from God,
by you,
by me,
by every human being,
All beauty,
abundance,
love,
peace,
harmony,
health, all...
come from God
at all times,
everywhere
I expect good now and ever!
Thanks dear Father-Mother God!
What do you expect?

Agradecimiento
Por Carlos. ©
Espero lo bueno,
nunca inesperado,
aprecio todo el bien,
recibido de Dios,
por ti,
por mí,
por cada ser humano,
Toda la belleza,
la abundancia,
el amor,
la paz,
la armonía,
la salud,...todo
viene de Dios
en todo momento,
en todas partes
¡Espero el bien ahora y siempre!
¡Gracias querido Padre-Madre Dios!
¿Qué esperas tú?

What a profound and expansive dimension your Lift adds to our Thanksgiving Season! I had to listen repeatedly to wrap my thought around that emphatic, dynamic view that expectation of good actually acknowledges Reality; the infinity of God's boundless goodness. When we expect what IS, we align with the Only Power. Wow!

Thanksgiving Blessings to all -- around the wide world.

Perfect! Thank you.

Thanks. I may be a little late but I felt I had to comment on your wonderful Lift. "God saw every thing that he had made, and behold it was very good" (Gen 1:31) "...the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." (Ps 33:5) "...whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it;..." (Eccl 3:14) Think than how important it is to know & "...choose good as the reality!" (See S&H 481:1-2)

Precious message.
One we all need to hear.
A message I was so able to
send on to a dear one in need.
Thanks tons for sharing.

Thanks!
Your message helped me today.

Thank you, Carlos, for that beautiful poem! I always appreciate your comments. And this was such a beautiful lift!

All we see and hear , we must give thanks top God for that time is when God made for it to manifest.

thanks

Thank you Suzanne. Love supplies and gratitude multiplies.

So comforting!
Expect good from the basis of Spirit.

Last winter I hurt my right wrist when I fell while cross country sking. I expected a quick healing, however, there wasn't much change for quite a while. The discomfort disappeared completely and right away after I had prayed for someone else. That experience taught me that expectancy of good needs a firm spiritual grounding. This Daily Lift logically explains that spiritual grounding.