Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how made a royal feast and sent for Queen Vashti to come, but she refused, which made him very angry. Esth. 1: 5, 10-12 "And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the agarden of the king's palace; On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, aHarbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,1 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him."


In the D&C I read that whatever knowledge we obtain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection. So if we are diligent in obtaining knowledge, we'll have so much the advantage in the life to come. When we obey the commandments, we are blessed. D&C 130: 18-21 "Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated— And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that the Lord can cause us to increase and abound in love for one another. If we're having difficulty in feeiing love for someone, we can turn to the Lord for help. 1 Thes. 3: 12 "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"