Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how the children of Israel and the children of Judah would seek the Lord and ask the way to Zion. They would want to join themselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that would not be forgotten. We, likewise, need to make covenants with the Lord which will not be forgotten. Jer. 50: 4-5 "In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten."

In the D&C I read that the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. In other words, our "little" sins that we don't think are very important, indeed are important. But we don't need to give up hope! If we repent and keep the commandments, the Lord will forgive us. But if we don't repent, the light that we have will be taken away and the Lord's Spirit will not always strive with us. D&C 1: 31-33 "For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance; Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven; And he that repents not, from him shall be taken even the light which he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts."

A verse from a thought booklet tells us that the Lord speaks (even more than once) and people do not perceive it. Unfortunately, that is often the case. We often are not in tune with the Spirit enough to notice when the Lord is trying to talk to us. We don't hear Him when He's speaking. Do we expect to hear from Him? Do we keep our hearts and ears open? Do we listen for His voice? Job 33: 14 "For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not."
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