The Responsive Reading shares the bountiful blessings that come from a world governed by divine Love. The hungry are fed, the oppressed receive justice, man is healed, needs are met with abundance and so many other good results.

The foundation of this year’s Thanksgiving lesson centers around the definition of “good” found in the glossary of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.

As I read through this lesson, I had a song playing over and over again in my head. It’s one of my favorite camp songs called Love Is Something If You Give It Away. The chorus goes “Love is something if you give it away, you’ll end up having more,” and the single verse goes, “Love is something like a magic penny. Hold it tight and you won’t have any. Lend it, spend it, you’ll have so many, they’ll roll all over the floor.” This song and the 2014 Thanksgiving lesson point out that the more generously you give, the more you are able to witness and receive good.

As we gather this season with our families, churches and communities to ponder and share gratitude, let us remember where these blessings came from. All good comes from God. Everything that is good, that we have seen in our lives, originated from and is a blessing from God to his highest ideas.