Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read a verse that says that the Lord will reign as king over all the earth and there will only be one Lord. Zech. 14: 9 "And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one."

In the Pearl of Great Price I read that Enoch was shown the coming of Christ in the Latter days and also that before that day there would be great tribulations among the wicked. Men's hearts would fail them as they looked forth with fear toward the judgments of God. Let's make sure that we're prepared for this day so that we won't need to fear. Moses 7: 65-66 "And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years; But before that day he saw great tribulations among the wicked; and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men's hearts failing them, looking forth with fear for the judgments of the Almighty God, which should come upon the wicked.

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that the Lord doesn't judge us by how tall we are or what we look like, but rather on our heart. He doesn't see us the way other people do (by our outward appearance). He sees us for what we are on the inside. We need to be less hasty in judging others by their appearance. Someone who may not look like much may actually have a heart of gold. I learned this lesson more than 30 years ago as a newlywed when I was in Tucson with my new husband. It was late at night and we'd gotten a little lost and found ourself on the wrong side of town. I pulled into a park to turn around and ran over some glass (probably from empty booze bottles) and got a flat tire. We got out to look at the tire and discovered that this park was inhabited by homeless bums who were laying around drinking. My young husband had never changed a tire in his life and had no idea what to do. While we were trying to figure it out, one of the homeless bums proceeded to crawl over to us (he was too drunk to walk). I was scared to death of what he might try to do to us. But when he made it over to us, he proceeded to instruct my husband, step by step, in how to change the tire. He was too drunk to help, but was able to talk my husband through it. So this is how my husband learned to change a tire. To look at that man, I would have judged him harshly. But I was wrong. There was good in him. He saw a young couple having trouble and did what he could to help. 1 Sam. 16: 7 "But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."





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