Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that the wicked need to forsake their evil ways and their unrighteous thoughts and return unto the Lord. If they do this, He will show them mercy and abundantly pardon them. Isa. 55: 7 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

A verse from the Book of Mormon talks about how a voice from Heaven spoke to the people. It was not a loud tumultuous voice of thunder, but rather a still voice of perfect mildness, almost like a whisper, that did pierce their very souls. Often the Lord speaks to us with a still, small voice, and we need to be attentive and sensitive to hear what He has to say. Hel. 5: 30 "And it came to pass when they heard this voice, and beheld that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was it a voice of a great tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul—"

A verse from a thought booklet is an oft quoted scriptures in which Joshua asks the people to choose this day whom they will serve--the true God of their fathers, or the idol gods of the Amorites. And then he said, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." In our own day, we're not likely to worship idols carved out of wood or stone. But are we allowing selfish interests or anything to be a higher priority to us than the Lord? Do we put spending hours on FaceBook, playing video games, or watching movies ahead of doing things He wants us to do, such as our home teaching or studying the scriptures? Is the Lord really our top priority or do we worship false "idols" of worldly things that we show by our actions are really more important to us? If we have time for TV but not for prayer, what does this show? If we have a problem with these things, we need to turn to the Lord for help. He will guide and direct our lives if we'll only humbly ask Him to. Josh. 24: 15 "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."