Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that the House of the Lord was finished and dedicated and the people rejoiced. Priests were set up and offerings given. Ezra 6: 15-18 "And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses."

In the D&C we read that no matter what terrible perils come upon us, we can know that these things will give us experience and be for our good. Sometimes it's hard to understand why we are going through the trials that we suffer, but we need to trust in the Lord and realize that there is a reason in His eternal perspective and that in the long run, all these things will be for our best good. Sometimes we need to go through difficult times in order to be strengthened and to become the people we are meant to be. D&C 122: 7-8 "And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep ; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good. The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?"

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us about how Jesus loved the little children and blessed them and said that if we don't receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, we won't be able to enter therein. We need to be humble and teachable, as little children. Mark 10: 13-16 "And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them."
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