Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament we read that a wise man will listen to counsel but a fool thinks he's always right. Are we willing to listen to other people when they try to give us counsel and advise--or are we so sure that we're right that we discard what anybody else has to say? Prov. 12: 15 "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise."

In the Book of Mormon we're told that we must be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works. If we do this, Christ will seal us His and we'll obtain everlasting salvation and eternal life. Mosiah 5: 15 "Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen."

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that the Lord will pardon iniquity because He delights in mercy and is full of compassion. He will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. The thought that went with this, written by Gerald Oosterveen from Tinley Park, Illinois says: The sea--majestic, mysterious. Covering three-fourths of the globe, its depths hide living creatures that no one has ever seen. The prophet Micah invokes the image of an endless sea to assure guilt-ridden people that our sins, when confessed and forgiven, are cast away, never to be remembered again. In those great depths, God will hide your sins and mine. Although some people may spitefully drag up long-forgotten offenses, God never will. The sea is so immense, so deep, so dark that not even the God who created it will seek out our sins and hold them against us. Sins, once forgiven by God, are forever gone. Walking on the beach, I come across a piece of driftwood. Who knows where it started its journey? I am reassured that never in all eternity will our forgiven sins get washed up on the beach. They are gone, never to come back! We thank you, Great Creator, that our sins are forever lost in the deep blue sea of your forgiving love. Micah 7: 18-19 "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."