Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that thousands of the Lamanites were brought into the fold of God, being brought from the darkest abyss to being able to behold the marvelous light of God.  Ammon rejoiced in the blessing of being an instrument in the hands of God to help bright this great work to pass.  Alma 26:3-4, 13-15 "Behold, I answer for you; for our brethren, the Lamanites, were in darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss, but behold, how many of them are brought to behold the marvelous light of God! And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work. Behold, thousands of them do rejoice, and have been brought into the fold of God. Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice? Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell. Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction; but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light, yea, into everlasting salvation; and they are encircled about with the matchless bounty of his love; yea, and we have been instruments in his hands of doing this great and marvelous work."

In the Old Testament we read that the people again spoke against God and against Moses, complaining and murmuring, so the Lord send fiery serpents which bit the people, causing many of the people to die.  The people begged Moses to take the serpents away.  The Lord told Moses to make a fiery serpent out of brass and sit it up on a pole and if the people would merely look at it, they would live.  Numbers 21:5-9 "And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  A cheerful heart can not only make us happy, but all those around us as well.  Let's do what we can to spread joy today to all those we come into contact with. Proverbs 15:15 " All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast."