Daily Thoughts

A verse in the Old Testament warns us that we need to seek the Lord, not turn to peeping wizards or those who have familiar spirits. This is a warning against sorcery or soothsayers. To seek information through any way contrary to the instruction the Lord has given is a sin. Isa. 8: 19 "And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?"


In the Book of Mormon I read a question about how, if we've read the scriptures, we can disbelieve on the Son of God. Indeed, the scriptures testify of Him and His atonement and if we read them and seek to understand them, we can't help but believe. Alma 33: 14 "Now behold, my brethren, I would ask if ye have read the scriptures? If ye have, how can ye disbelieve on the Son of God?"

Some verses with a thought booklet admonish us to bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances we may have against each other. We need to forgive others as the Lord has forgiven us. And above all other virtues, we need to put on love, which binds us together in perfect unity. The thought that went with this, written by Toni Somers from Port Aransas, Texas says: My miniature schauzer puppy yelped this morning when I accidentally stepped on her paw. For a few seconds she looked scared, as though she thought she was being punished for some unknown offense. But as soon as I petted her and reassured her with my voice, her little stump of a tail began to wag furiously and joyously. All was forgiven, and she bore me no ill will for my carelessness. Am I as quick to forgive friends and family members when they hurt me? Am I as wholehearted in expressing that forgiveness? Or would I rather nurse my injured feelings and victimhood for a while? This morning I realized that God gave me a loyal and loving pet not only to enrich my life, but also to teach me some much-needed lessons. Col. 3: 13-14 "Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."