Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read that when we keep the commandments, the Lord blesses us. Nephi did strive to keep

the commandments and exhorted his brothers to also be faithful and diligent. 1 Ne. 17: 13-15 "And I will also be

your light in the wilderness; and I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments;

wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye shall

know that it is by me that ye are led. Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in the promised land, ye

shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I did bring you out

of the land of Jerusalem. Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of the Lord, and I did exhort my

brethren to faithfulness and diligence."

In the New Testament I read that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotton Son--not to condemn the world but to save it. If we have faith and believe in our Savior, we'll have everlasting life. What a wonderful, loving gift our Heavenly Father has given to us. John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

A verse from a thought booklet reminds us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. This is a good thing to remember when we're prone to condemning other people--or ourselves. Nobody is perfect! Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"