Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how Elisha was able to heal the waters of Jerico. 2 Kgs. 2: 19-22 "And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake."

In the Book of Mormon I read about the continued wickedness of the people and about how it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished. Mormon said that it was impossible to describe the horrible scene of blood and carnage that resulted from the shedding of so much blood. The people's hearts were so hardened that they delighted in the shedding of blood and there had never been so great wickedness prevailing as among this people. Morm. 4: 5, 11-12 "But, behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished; for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed. And it is impossible for the tongue to describe, or for man to write a perfect description of the horrible scene of the blood and carnage which was among the people, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites; and every heart was hardened, so that they delighted in the shedding of blood continually. And there never had been so great wickedness among all the children of Lehi, nor even among all the house of Israel, according to the words of the Lord, as was among this people."

A verse with a thought booklet gives us the key to handle temptation--it's not fight, but flight. Instead of sticking around to fight temptation, we need to get out of there! Also, it's not enough just to avoid bad things. That will just leave an empty void i our lives. We need to fill our lives with good things--righteousness, faith, love, peace and prayer. 2 Tim. 2: 22 "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart."



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