Daily Thoughts Friday

In the Book of Mormon I read that as often as we'll repent, the Lord will
forgive us. But if we want Him to forgive us, we likewise need to forgive
those who tresspass against us. Mosiah 26:30-31 "Yea, and as often as my
people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me. And ye shall
also
forgive one another your trespasses; for verily I say unto you, he that
forgiveth not his neighbor's trespasses when he says that he repents, the
same
hath brought himself under condemnation."

In the Old Testament we read that Pharoah charged that all the sons born to
the Hebrews should be thrown into the river. When Moses was born his
mother tried to hide him, fearing for his life. She put him in an ark and
hid
him among the flags by the river's banks. Pharoah's daughter found him and
had compassion on him, adopting him as her son. Exodus 1:22; 2:1-10; "And
Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall
cast
into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. And there went a
man
of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman
conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child,
she
hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for
him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put
the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And
his
sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter
of
Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked
along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she
sent
her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and,
behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one
of
the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I
go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the
child
for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and
called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this
child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the
woman
took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto
Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses:
and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that if we expect the Lord
to be merciful and forgiving to us, we need to likewise be merciful and
forgiving of other people. If we don't want to be judged harshly and be
condemned by the Lord, we need to refrain from condemning others. Luke
6:36-37 "Be
ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye
shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive,
and
ye shall be forgiven:"

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