Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon, Alma pleaded with the people to repent of their sins, and continually pray that they would be able to resist temptation.  He told them to be humble, meet, submission, patient, and full of love and long suffering.  He told them that if they would do these things and have faith in the Lord, they would be lifted up at the last day and enter into His rest.  Alma  13: 27-29 "And now, my brethren, I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea, with great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words, and cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance; But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering; Having faith on the Lord; having a hope that ye shall receive eternal life; having the love of God always in your hearts, that ye may be lifted up at the last day and enter into his rest."

In the Old Testament I read that the so called gay lifestyle is an abomination to the Lord.  Just because something is accepted by the people of the world does not make it right, and just because it may not be politically correct to take a stance against something that the Lord has declared to be a sin, that doesn't change the commandments of the Lord.  Leviticus 18:22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

Some verses with a thought booklet show two sides to the Lord. On the one hand, he shows fury and indignation against the wicked, but on the other hand He is slow to anger and is a strong hold in the day of trouble to those who trust in Him.  He has great power.  The Lord is someone we definitely want to stay on the right side of!  Nahum 1:3-7 "The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him."