Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how the righteous would be comforted and rejoice, but the wicked would be destroyed. Isa. 66: 13-18 "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory."

In the Book of Mormon I read about how the people greatly rejoiced and praised the Lord for His goodness in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies. They recognizied that this great blessing had come because they had repented of their sins and humbled themselves before God. 3 Ne. 4: 30-33 "And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection. And it came to pass that they did break forth, all as one, in singing, and praising their God for the great thing which he had done for them, in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies. Yea, they did cry: Hosanna to the Most High God. And they did cry: Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God.3 And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction."

Some verses with a thought booklet show how people play the blame game. When Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit and God confronted them about it, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. When we do something wrong, do we take responsibility for it or do we blame someone else or make the excuse "the devil made me do it"? Gen. 3: 12-13 "And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."