Daily Thoughts

A verse in the Old Testament talks about the heavens being shaken and the earth being removed. To be this suggests a prophecy about what will occur in the latter days at the time of Christ's second coming. But the institute manual also points out that to have the heavens shaken and the earth removed was a Jewish figure of speech suggesting a time of great calamity and disaster. Such would be the fall of Babylon. The whole political climate and circumstances of the world would be shaken. Isa. 13: 13 "Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger."

In the Book of Mormon I read that we cannot hide our sins from God and unless we repent, our sins will stand as a testimony against us at the last day. This sounds like a good reason to repent now, before it's too late! Alma 39: 8 "But behold, ye cannot hide your crimes from God; and except ye repent they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day."

A verse with a thought booklet reminds me that some things are the same today as they were hundreds of years ago. Back then the Lord became weary with people saying that whatever evil thing they did was good, and questioning if there would be judgment from God. Boy, just look around at the world today and see how true this is! And I'm sure God is wearied seeing it, just as He was in ancient times. Mal. 2: 17 "Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?"