Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament we're told to seek meekness, righteousness, and to seek the Lord. Zeph. 2: 3 "Seek ye the Lord , all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger."

In the D&C we're told that the gospel will be preached to every nation, tongue and people. This is quite a daunting task! But when I think back to when I was a teenager how impossible it seemed that the gospel could ever be preached in Russia or Eastern Germany, I realize that nothing is impossible to the Lord. Now there are temples in places where once it seemed impossible for missionary work to go forth. This work will move forward, and we need to do our part to help it progress. D&C 133: 37 "And this gospel shall be preached unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."

A verse with a thought booklet admonishes us to throw off everything that hinders our progress or weighs us down and every sin that so easily entangles us so that we can run with perserverance the race that is marked out for us. When running a race, we do much better without heavy things weighing us down or snares to get tangled up in. Let's free ourselves from anything holding us back so we can move forward toward the goal of eternal life. Heb. 12: 1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,"
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