Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about the great wickedness of Nineveh and how this resulted in her miserable downfall. Nahum 3: 1-7 "Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?"

In the D&C I read about a couple of wonderful truths. One is that whatever knowledge we're able to gain in this life, through our diligence and obedience, will rise with us in the resurrection. Another truth is that when we obey laws, we receive the blessings that are predicated on those laws. D&C 130: 18-21 "Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated— And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated."

Some verses with a thought booklet admonish us to be kind, loving, and tender hearted toward one another and to avoid anger, bitterness, and evil speaking which drive the Spirit away. We need to forgive others as the Lord has forgiven us. Instead of allowing evil communication to come out of our mouths, we need to use our words to edify one another. We need to follow the Golden Rule and treat others the way we would like to be treated. Eph. 4: 29-32 "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."



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