Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that many will be purified and tried. The wise will understand but the wicked will not. Dan. 12: 10 "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."

In the D&C I read that we need to love one another, impart to each other, pray always, go to bed early and arise early--many things we all need to work on. D&C 88: 123-126 "See that ye love one another; cease to be covetous; learn to impart one to another as the gospel requires. Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated. And above all things, clothe yourselves with the bond of charity, as with a mantle, which is the bond of perfectness and peace. Pray always, that ye may not faint, until I come. Behold, and lo, I will come quickly, and receive you unto myself. Amen."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that God's plans for our welfare are not to harm us, but to give us a future with hope. We need to trust in the Lord that He does have a plan for us and that the circumstances we go through will be for our good. A diamond doesn't start out as a precious jewel. It began as carbon. But when exposed to high temperatures and intense pressures over millions of years, it was refined into becoming what it is today. Likewise, when we have trials and difficult circumstances in our lives, they are refining us into what we have the potential to become. We need to trust that God has a plan for us that will be for our good. Jer. 29: 11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

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