Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament we read that the souls of the righteous thirst after God. Imagine how much you would want water if you were in a hot, dry desert. Think of how valuable water would be in those circumstances. That is how we should thirst after God! Ps. 42: 1-2 "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?"

In the Book of Mormon I read that Nephi was greatly grieved because of the hardness of the hearts of his brothers. They did not understand the things of the Lord because they were not keeping the commandments and because they had not inquired of the Lord to understand them. Nephi tried to point these things out to them. If we find the things of the Lord hard to understand, we need to make sure we are living righteous lives so that we're worthy of the Spirit and then we need to pray to the Lord seeking understanding. 1 Ne. 15: 2-4, 7-11 "And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and they were disputing one with another concerning the things which my father had spoken unto them. For he truly spake many great things unto them, which were hard to be understood , save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought. And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, and also, because of the things which I had seen, and knew they must unavoidably come to pass because of the great wickedness of the children of men. And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the olive-tree, and also concerning the Gentiles. And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord? And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh no such thing known unto us. Behold, I said unto them: How is it that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts? Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?—If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you."

A verse from a thought booklet says we should persue a peaceful relationship with all men, and holiness. Without these things no one can see the Lord. Heb. 12: 14 "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"