Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that after the Lord blessed the people with riches they began to seek to get gain so that they could be lifted up above other people, and they were willing to resort to robbing and murdering to get what they wanted. Helaman 6:17 "For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed; therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they might be lifted up one above another; therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might get gain."

In the Old Testament we see how jealousy took hold of the heart of Saul as he heard women singing and dancing with joy saying that David had slain tens of thousands while Saul had only slain thousands.  From that day forward, Saul eyed David in an unkind way.  When we see others getting recognition, how do we react?  Are we happy for them or jealous of them?  1 Samuel 18:6-9 "And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell is that if we abide in the Lord, He will abide in us and has promised us eternal life. When we die, that is not the end!  And if we abide in the Lord, we can live eternally with Him.  1 John 2:24-25 "Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."