Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read that if we will repent and return to the Lord, His anger will be turned away and we will be blessed.  How wonderful that the door is always open for us to turn our lives around and repent, and He will welcome us with open arms.  Helaman 13:11 "But if ye will repent and return unto the Lord your God I will turn away mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith the Lord, blessed are they who will repent and turn unto me, but wo unto him that repenteth not."

In the Old Testament we read that David reigned over Israel and executed judgment and justice to all his people.  He was a good king.  2 Samuel 8:15 "And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people."

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that when Judgment Day comes, people will be judged by how they treated other people and how they helped those in need.  If they fed the hungry or visited the sick, it will be like they did these things to the Lord.  But if they neglected to do these things, it will be like they neglected to help and serve the Lord.  And everyone will receive their eternal reward or punishment based on whether they chose to love and share and serve or whether they chose to ignore the poor, the hungry, the hurting people they encountered during their lives.  Matthew 25: 34-46 "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."