Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how Ester, at the peril of her life, decided to go in unto the king to plead for her people. She asked everyone to fast for her. Esth. 4: 11, 15-16 "All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish."

In the D&C it says that if we repent and sancitify ourselves before the Lord, we'll have eternal life. But if we refuse to listen to the voice of the Lord, we'll be cut off. D&C 133: 62-63 "And unto him that repenteth and sanctifieth himself before the Lord shall be given eternal life. And upon them that hearken not to the voice of the Lord shall be fulfilled that which was written by the prophet Moses, that they should be cut off from among the people."

A verse with a thought booklet pointed out something that I hadn't noticed previously when I've read this verse--that it was Jesus usual custom to attend the synagogue every Sabbath day. This is just one more area where Jesus was our example, in regularly attending church servies every week. Luke 4: 16 "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."

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