Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read that when the people were delivered out of the hands of their enemies, they were so grateful to the Lord that they fasted and prayed, and worshiped the Lord with great joy.  Sometimes we'll fast when we have a problem or something we seek help from the Lord with.  But how many times have we fasted to thank Him for something, out of pure joy and gratitude?  Alma 45:1 "Behold, now it came to pass that the people of Nephi were exceedingly rejoiced, because the Lord had again delivered them out of the hands of their enemies; therefore they gave thanks unto the Lord their God; yea, and they did fast much and pray much, and they did worship God with exceedingly great joy."


In the Old Testament we read that the congregation of the children of Israel assembled together and set up the tabernacle at Shiloh. Joshua 18: 1 "And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them."

In a verse from a thought booklet we read about the devotion that Ruth showed to her mother in law, as she refused to leave her but insisted on going with her.  Naomi had lost her husband and her two sons and was sending her daughters in law back to their parents.  But in the midst of all her loss, God provided her with a family in Ruth who refused to leave her.  We need to be sensitive to those who are alone and be willing to comfort those who need comforting. We need each other.  Even Jesus, in the gloomy darkness of Gethsemane, reached out to His disciples.   Ruth 1:16 "And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:"