Daily Thoughts

A verse from the Old Testament reminds us to choose our companions well. If we associate with wise people, some of their wisdom will rub off on us, but if we choose fools for friends, we'll be destroyed. Prov. 20 "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."

In the Book of Mormon I read about how marvelous the works of the Lord are in being patient and long suffering toward His people, even when they lack understanding and are unwilling to seek wisdom from the Lord. They are like a wild flock who run away from their shepherd who could protect them and are thus eaten by beasts of the forest. Do we run away from the Lord who could protect us, and are thus destroyed as a result? Mosiah 8: 20-21 "O how marvelous are the works of the Lord, and how long doth he suffer with his people; yea, and how blind and impenetrable are the understandings of the children of men; for they will not seek wisdom, neither do they desire that she should rule over them! Yea, they are as a wild flock which fleeth from the shepherd, and scattereth, and are driven, and are devoured by the beasts of the forest."

Some verses with a thought booklet point out that the Lord does not grow weary or faint. Indeed, He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of those who wait upon Him. We can indeed trust in Him and rely on Him to help us. Isa. 40: 28-31 "Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
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