Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read a verse that prophesied about John the Baptist preparing the way of the Lord. Isa. 40: 3 " The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."

In the Book of Mormon I read more about the faith of the stripling warriors. Because they did not doubt, their lives were all preserved. Even though a thousand others were slain, through the miraculous power of God, none of these faithful young men died. They had been taught to believe and had been preserved by God's marvelous power. Their minds were firm and they trusted in God. Alma 57: 25-27 "And it came to pass that there were two hundred, out of my two thousand and sixty, who had fainted because of the loss of blood; nevertheless, according to the goodness of God, and to our great astonishment, and also the joy of our whole army, there was not one soul of them who did perish; yea, and neither was there one soul among them who had not received many wounds. And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army, yea, that they should be spared while there was a thousand of our brethren who were slain. And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God, because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe—that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that they should be preserved by his marvelous power. Now this was the faith of these of whom I have spoken; they are young, and their minds are firm, and they do put their trust in God continually."

A verse from a thought booklet tells us not to be wise in our own conceits and not to think we're better than other people. Do we look down on people with less money than we have? Or do we think a disabled person is less of a person than we are, or deserves to be ignored or treated with less respect? What about a person of a different race, religion, or culture? Or someone with a weight problem? Or just someone who doesn't think or act the way we do? We are all children of God and He loves us all. But I'm sure He's disappointed when some of His children look down on others and pridefully think that they're superior. Let's treat everyone with love and respect. Rom. 12: 16 "Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits."