Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we're told not to fear the revilings of men, for they will be destroyed like a moth eats a
garment. But the righteousness of the Lord will last forever! Aren't we silly to be afraid of men who will die like grass and yet forget about God who created all things? He will comfort us if we'll allow Him to. 2 Ne. 8: 7-8, 12-13 "Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation. I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass? And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?"

In the New Testament we read that people who comdemn other people for doing something that they themselves are also guilty of will not excape the judgment of God. Often it is the case that people judge other people harshly for doing something they they also do. They see the faults of others as if they were looking through a magnifying glass, but fail to recognize their own sins. Romans 2:3 "And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?"

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that God hears us when we seek Him, and He can deliver us from all our fears. What do we do when we're beset with worries and fears? Do we fret and put ourselves into a tizzy? Or do we turn our problems over to the Lord and allow Him to help and comfort us? Psalms 34:4 "I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."

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