Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament we're told that idols are nothing, and they bring confusion and vanity. Isa. 41: 29 "Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion."

In the Book of Mormon we read Pahoran's response to an epistle he received from Moroni in which Moroni had unjustly accused Pahoran of doing things he had not done. How do we react when we're falsely accused of doing things we're not guilty of? Do we become angry? Or are we as quick to forgive as Pahoran was? Can we still see the good in the person who misjudged us? Paharon serves as a wonderful example to us in this matter. Alma 61: 9 "And now, in your epistle you have censured me, but it mattereth not; I am not angry, but do rejoice in the greatness of your heart. I, Pahoran, do not seek for power, save only to retain my judgment-seat that I may preserve the rights and the liberty of my people. My soul standeth fast in that liberty in the which God hath made us free."

A verse with a thought booklet instructs us to lay aside the weight of every sin that easily besets us and with patience run the race that is before us. Think of our lives as running a race and going down a pathway toward eternal life. And think of our sins as burdens or weights that we must carry as we're trying to run this race. The more sins we're carrying on our backs, the harder the race will be. Why not cast off those extra weights, through repentance, so we can be free to run the race of life unencumbered? Heb. 12: 1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,"