Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that it's better to eat simple vegetables in a home full of love than a fancy feast where hate is. Money is not the important thing in a home--it's how we feel about the people there. Prov. 15: 17 "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."

In the Book of Mormon I read about how Abinidi warned the people of the great calamities that would befall them if they refused to repent. Mosiah 12: 1-8 "And it came to pass that after the space of two years that Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and began to prophesy among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying—Abinadi, go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have hardened their hearts against my words; they have repented not of their evil doings; therefore, I will visit them in my anger, yea, in my fierce anger will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations. Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh. And it shall come to pass that the life of king Noah shall be valued even as a garment in a hot furnace; for he shall know that I am the Lord. And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my people with sore afflictions, yea, with famine and with pestilence; and I will cause that they shall howl all the day long. Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass. And it shall come to pass that I will send forth hail among them, and it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten with the east wind; and insects shall pester their land also, and devour their grain. And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence—and all this will I do because of their iniquities and abominations. And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will utterly destroy them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall leave a record behind them, and I will preserve them for other nations which shall possess the land; yea, even this will I do that I may discover the abominations of this people to other nations. And many things did Abinadi prophesy against this people."

A verse with a thought booklet says that the voice of the Lord is powerful and full of majesty. Since this is true, it's vital that we harken to the voice of the Lord! Sometimes in this noisy chaotic world, the voice of the Lord can be drowned out unless we keep ourselves atune to it and listen carefully. Ps. 29: 4 "The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty."