Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that the people were guilty of robbery, vexing the poor, and oppressing strangers. The Lord tried to find one man among them who was rightous so that He would not have to destroy them, but He couldn't even find one, so He poured out His indignation upon them and punished them according to their deeds. Likewise, if we sin and don't repent, we'll reap what we deserve. Ezek. 22: 29-31 "The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God."

In the D&C I read that no one knows when Christ will come again. Even the angels won't know it until He comes. D&C 49: 7 "I, the Lord God, have spoken it; but the hour and the day no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor shall they know until he comes."

Some verses with a thought booklet give us the example of the ant. It is not lazy. Even without someone to oversee it, it works hard to gather food. We would be wise to consider the ways of the ant and follow its example. Prov. 6: 6-8 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."