Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament it tells us that woe will be to them who are at east in Zion. Israel will be plagued with desolation. Amos 6: 1, 8, 14 "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness."

In the D&C I read that the Lord's people need to learn obedience through chastening from the Lord and from the things that they suffer. When we're going through difficult times, we need to ask ourselves what we can learn from these experiences. We need to trust in the Lord and be obedient to Him, even in the midst of our trials. D&C 105: 6 "And my people must needs be chastened until they learn obedience, if it must needs be, by the things which they suffer."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that as God's chosen and beloved people we need to show kingness, mercy, humility and meekness. Do we demonstrate these qualities in our daily lives and our interactions with others? Col. 3: 12 "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"



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